Type 4942
(formerly typ/3001)

Πολλαὶ μοναὶ τῆς δόξης σου, πολλαὶ καὶ τιμωρίαι,
ὅταν ἀναλογίσωμαι τὰ τῶν κακῶν μου πλήθη.
Τί Χριστοῦ ποθεινότερον, τί καὶ τὸ τέλος; τίς δὲ;
Ἀπὸ χειλέων λόγους σοι ποίους προσοίσω, Λόγε;
Μνήμη θανάτου τρύχει με καὶ τοῦ θανάτου πλέον.
Ὅρα, ψυχή μου ταπεινή, μελέτην (...)
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Title(s) Librarii invocatio poenitentiae
Text source C. Cocola 2022, A repentant sinner: representing the self in Nikephoros Ouranos’ catanyctic alphabet, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 46(2), 176-195: 193-194
Text status Text partially unknown
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s) Decapentasyllable
Subject(s) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Many are the places of your glory, many also the punishments,
should I examine the multitude of my evils.
What could be more greatly desired than Christ? And what end? And who?
What words shall I offer you from my lips, o Word?
The memory of death terrifies me even more than death itself.
Look, my wretched soul, …
Language
English
Source(s)
C. Cocola 2022, A repentant sinner: representing the self in Nikephoros Ouranos’ catanyctic alphabet, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 46(2), 176-195: 193
Bibliography
Number of verses 11
Occurrence(s) [21640] Πολλαὶ μοναὶ τῆς δόξης σου, πολλαὶ καὶ τιμωρίαι [1226-1250]
LITOCHORO - Metochi "Skala" 2 [1226-1250] (f. 235v)
(6 verses)
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Last modified: 2023-01-26.