Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23128
(formerly occ/7021)

	+ Δέσποιν(α) ἁγνὴ μ(ήτη)ρ τοῦ φιλα(νθρώπ)ου
	ἡ τῶν οὐ(ρα)νῶν ὑψηλοτ(έ)ρ(α) μόνη \|
	ἐν τὴ φοβερὰ ἡμέρα τοῦ υἱοῦ σου·
	προστίθη καὶ ῥύσε μαι· πυρὸ(ς) \| ἁσβέστου·
	σὸν ἱκέτην ἅχραντε παρθενομῆτ(ο)ρ,
	καλὸν μάγιστρ(ον) τουρμαρχόπωλον ἀμην

Type(s)	[5767] Δέσποινα ἁγνὴ μήτηρ τοῦ φιλανθρώπου (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1124
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1711 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 393v
Person(s)	Scribe Leon Tzikandiles (12th c.) - PBW: Leon/25001/ (doux, proedros)
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by the date: 'Ἔγραψα ταῦτ(α) μηνὶ Φ(ε)βρ(ουαρίῳ) ἰ(νδι)κ(τίονι) πρ(ώτῃ) ἔτους ‚ϛχλβ΄ἐπὶ βασιλέως Ἰω(άννου) τοῦ Πορφυρογεννήτου'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Theotokos
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10723005g/f297.item
Bibliography	Primary C. De Boor, 1963, Theophanis Chronographia, Leipzig: 379 P. Odorico 2012, Poésies à la marge, réflexions personnelles? Quelques observations sur les poésies du Parisinus graecus 1711, in F. Bernard, K. Demoen (eds.), Poetry and its Contexts in Eleventh-century Byzantium, Farnham/Burlington, 207-224: 213 A. Sakellaridou-Sotiroudi, 1989, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung des 'Georgius Continuatus' (Redaktion A), Thessaloniki: 29
Number of verses	6
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Julián Bértola, Rachele Ricceri
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