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Remember, Saviour, Creator of everything,
through the prayers of the Immaculate Mother of God,
Anastasios, who laboriously wrote
the book I am now holding in my hands,
and place him among the assembly of the righteous,
granting redemption from his many sins.
- Language
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English
- Source(s)
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K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 28-29
- Translator(s)
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Kyriaki Giannikou
- Comment
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This translation is informed by that of Lauxtermann. For the purposes of the paper, this translation is as literal as possible.
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O Saviour, Creator of the Universe, remember, through the prayers of the Immaculate Mother of God, Anastasios who diligently wrote the book I now am holding in my hands, and award him a place among the just, acquitting him of his many sins.
- Language
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English
- Source(s)
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M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 201
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