Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4952
(formerly typ/3011)

	Τὸν ἱερὸν μέλπω σε, Ἱερεμία,
	ἐν κοιλίᾳ χρισθέντα καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τόκου.

Text source	E. Follieri, 1980, I calendari in metro innografico di Cristoforo Mitileneo. Introduzione, testo e traduzione (vol. 1), Brussels: 238
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Michael Chrysokephalos (monkname Makarios) (14th c.) - RGK: I.242, II.336bis - VGH: 322.G (episkopos of Philadelphia < Turkey)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jeremiah
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Date
Comment	Source text of Follieri (1980: 238) modified by DBBE. The epigram is preserved in cod. Patmos, Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 381, f.384v, as part of a verse and prose colophon, featuring the date of ms. completion (May 1). The feast of prophet Jeremiah is also celebrated on this day in the Orthodox tradition.
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 234 A. Kominis, 1968, Πίνακες χρονολογημένων πατμιακῶν κωδίκων, Athens: 19
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[21658] Τὸν ἱερὸν μέλπω σε ἱερεμία [1349] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 381 [1349] (f. 384v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 777: "Macar. Chrysocephalus, In s. Ieremiam proph. (Maii 1)"
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