Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 7008
(formerly typ/4920)

	Χριστέ, ἡ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν αἰτία
	δέξαι χειρῶν πόνημα ηὐτελισμένον·
	ἀμοιβὴν δωρούμενος παισμάτων λύσιν
	τῷ πονήσαντι κληρικῷ Νικολάῳ·
	καὶ τῷ κτομένῳ τὴν σὴν χάριν παράσχου
	λύτρωσαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ βλάβης παντοίας.

Text source	DBBE (based on occurrence Χριστὲ ἡ πάντων τῶν \| ἀγαθῶν αἰτία)
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Nikolaos (11th c.) - RGK: II.440 - VGH: 362.D (klerikos)
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Prayer
Bibliography	Secondary R. Devreesse, 1945, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des manuscripts. Catalogue des manuscripts grecs. Le fonds Coislin (vol. 2), Paris: 285
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[21469] Χριστὲ ἡ πάντων τῶν \| ἀγαθῶν αἰτία [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 299 [11th c.] (f. 189v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Sien De Groot, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2025-04-01.