Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24379
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	δίδου μοι λόγε τὸν ἀγνώ\|τατον φόβον \|
	ὁρίξαις χ(ριστ)ε καμοὶ ἄλκαρ’ \| ἁγνείας \|
	σάωζε σ(ῶτε)ρ τὸν πενιχρόν σου \| δμῶον: \|
	θ(εο)φυλ(ακτον) τὸ δοκεῖν ναζηραῖον \|
	αὔγασον φάος τὸ ἡγεμονικῶ μοῦ \|
	ῥάνον μοι μύρον τῆς ὁσ\|μῆς σου τὸ θεῖον·

Type(s)	[6011] Δίδου μοι, Λόγε, τὸν αγνότατον φόβον (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th-11th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1971 [10th-11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 171v
Person(s)	Scribe Theophylaktos Nazeraios (10th-11th c.) - VGH: 148.B - PMBZ: 30393: "Personenkennziffer: 28238"
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in The initials are underlined with yellow ink.
Contextual information	It is preceded by the epigram: inc. 'ὦ τοῦ κόσμου πρύτανι καὶ κηδεμὼν τε'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 305 Secondary I. Hutter 2023, Wer ist der Kopist, der seinen Namen nennt?, Νέα Ῥώμη, 20, 113-135: 119
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[23471] Δίδου μοι λόγε τὸν ἁγνώτατον φόβον [1101-1125] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.III.12 [1101-1125] (f. 101v) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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