Type 4399
(formerly typ/2501)

Οἱ φιλόχριστοι καὶ φιλόψυχοι πάντες
καὶ τὸν Θεὸν φέροντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ,
μέμνησθε τινός, πλὴν πάθους,54 Βασιλείου,
τῷ πόθῳ κτησαμένου τὴν δέλτον ταύτην
εἰς λύτρον, εἰς ἄμειψιν ἁμαρτημάτων,
εἰς ἀποτροπὴν πάντων τῶν ἐναντίων·
ἐτελέσθη γὰρ τῷ ὄντι μεγαλεῖον
ἔτους πέλουσα ἑξάκις χιλιάδος
νῦν καὶ πεντακόσ’ ἑξήκοντα καὶ θῆτα,
ἰνδικτιῶνος δὲ τεσσαρακαιδεκάτης,
βασιλεύοντος Δουκὸς τοῦ Κωνσταντίνου
καὶ Εὐδοκίας τῆς τούτου γὰρ συνεύνου,
παῖδα ἔχοντες Κωνστάντιον τὸν μέγαν.
Text source 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: 23-24
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) All who love Christ and cherish the soul,
and who bear God within their hearts,
remember a certain—apart from his suffering—Basil who
acquired this book with yearning,
for atonement, for the recompense of sins,
and to avert all adversities.
For, indeed, this magnificent work was completed
in the year six thousand
five hundred sixty-nine,
in the fourteenth indiction,
during the reign of Constantine Doukas
and his consort Eudokia,
parents of great Constantius.
Language
English
Translator(s)
Kyriaki Giannikou
Comment
For the purposes of the paper, this translation is as literal as possible.
Bibliography
Number of verses 13
Occurrence(s) [17248] οἱ φιλόχρηστοι καὶ φηλόψυχη πάντες [01/09/1061-31/08/1062]
JERUSALEM - Mone Megales Panaghias sine numero [01/09/1061-31/08/1062] (f. 1r)
(13 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 519: "Librarii subscr."
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