Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2712
(formerly typ/819)

	Ἀρχιερέων καλλονή, φωστὴρ τῆς ἐκκλησίας,
	ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐγγυητὰ, κῆρυξ τῆς μετανοίας,
	Ἰωάννη πάντιμε καὶ θεῖε Χρυσολόγε,
	ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀείποτε μὴ παύσῃ δυσωπεῖν σε,
	τὸν ἀγαθὸν φιλάνθρωπον καὶ κτίστην τῶν ἁπάντων,
	ὡς παρρησίαν ἄμετρον πρὸς αὐτὸν κεκτημένος.

Text source	L. Politis, M. Politi, 1991, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀρ. 1857-2500, Athens: 473
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Entreaty for first person Introduction to the subject Praise of the author Prayer
Critical Notes	4 ἀείποτε ] ἀεί ποτε Halkin (1974: 366)
Bibliography	Primary F. Halkin 1974, Une invocation métrique à S. Jean Chrysostome, Analecta Bollandiana, 92(3-4), 366: 366 C. Stavrakos 2020, The church of Sts Theodoroi (formerly St Kournatos) in Myrtia, Laconia, and its inscriptions, in M. Lauxtermann, I. Toth (eds.), Inscribing Texts in Byzantium: Continuities and Transformations, Abingdon, 347-364: 352
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[18350] Ἀρχιερέων καλλονή, φωστὴρ τῆς ἐκκλησίας [1376-1425] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 2470 [1376-1425] (f. 110v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 82: "Precatio ad Ioann. Chrysostomum"
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Last modified: 2023-06-07.