Type 5816
(formerly typ/3837)
| Κορωνὶς πέλων τῶν θεοπνεύστων βίβλων, | |
| ὕφανας πάντας θεοχαράκτους λόγους, | |
| ῥήσεις ἀφρόνων αἱρετικῶν ἐγξέσας, | |
| ἰχνηλατήσας τοὺς σοφοὺς Ἀποστόλους, | |
| λαμπρῶς μαρμαίρων τῇ οἰκουμένῃ πάσῃ· | |
| λιπαρῶ σε τοίνυν, πανάγιε πάτερ, | |
| ὁ τὴν βίβλον ταύτην ἀγροίκως χαράξας, | |
| ὑπερεύχεσθαι μάλα τῷ ἐμῷ ὕθλῳ. |
| Title(s) | In Theodori Balsamonis commentarium in canones et in epistulas canonicas |
| 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: 25 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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You who are the coronis of the God-inspired books, having woven together all the divinely inscribed words, having expunged the sayings of foolish heretics, and traced the footsteps of the wise Apostles, shining brilliantly throughout the entire world— you—most holy father, I therefore entreat, I, who have unskilfully inscribed this book, pray with great fervour for my nonsensicalities.
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| Number of verses | 8 |
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[23213] Κορωνὶς πέλων· τῶν θεοπνεύστων βίβλων
[991-1000]
MADRID - Biblioteca Universitaria Complutense, Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla 116-z°-22 (olim Villa-Amil 30) [991-1000] (f. 302v) (8 verses) |
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| Permalink | http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5816 |
Last modified: 2026-06-12.
