Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25689
(formerly occ/9719)

	+ πρέσβιν ἄγω σοι τὴν σὲ τεκοῦσαν λόγε
	σὺν τῶ προδρόμω καὶ θείω βαπτιστῆ σου
	τοὺς πρωτοστάτας. τῶν ἀΰλων ἀγγέλω(ν)
	τὸν νίκην λαοῦ καὶ ποιμένα τῶν μύρω(ν),
	τετράδαν ἅμα στρατηλατῶν μεγάλ(ων)
	δημήτριον νέστορα θεόδωρόν τε·
	καὶ τὸν πένταθλον γεώργιον τὸν μέγαν
	ο δ(...) φάλαγγα τῶν ἁγίων (...)των,
	(...)ασᾶς σὸς λάτρης ὁ μοναχὸς καὶ ξένος
	ὅπως εὕροιμι τὴν ἄνω βασιλείαν·
	ἐν τῆ σκέπη σου φυλαττόμενος ἄγαν
	φύγω παντοίων κακῶν ἐπαναστάσεις
	λιτὴν ἄγει σοι χ(ριστ)ε θεὲ καὶ λόγε·
	ἡ σὲ τεκοῦσα. σὺν τῶ θείω προδρόμω·
	διπλὴ δυάς τε καὶ πρώτοι τῶν ἀγγέλων
	ὁ νίκη λαοῦ κληθεὶς κ(αὶ) ποιμενάρχης·
	τεττάρων ἅμα στρατηλατῶν μεγάλων·
	δημητρίου νέστορος καὶ θεοδώρου·
	καὶ τοῦ πεντάθλου μεγάλου γεωργίου·
	ὁ δημος ἅπας καὶ φάλαγξ τῶν ἁγίων,
	ὑπὲρ ἀχρείου κοσμᾶ τοῦ μόνου ξένου·
	ὅπως τύχοιμι βασιλείας τῆς ἄνω·
	σκεπόμενος φρουρούμενος τῆ σῆ σκέπη
	λάθω παντοίων κακῶν ἐπαναστάσεις:

Type(s)	[6854] Πρέσβυν ἄγω σοι τὴν σὲ τεκοῦσαν, Λόγε (24 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Bibliotheke tou Protatou (Karues) 41 [10th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. IIIv
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The poem precedes the pinax to Matthew's Gospel.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Four Evangelists Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John the Baptist (10 BC-1 BC - 1st c.) Theotokos
Comment	It is written on the verso of the first folio of the manuscript, which is not numbered.
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=46&left=7&top=4&site=INTF&image=31097/0/50/10/47 https://www.mountathos.org/el-GR/Diva-Viewer.aspx?item=92511(21134#v=g&z=0&n=1&i=21_01_0041-0008.tif&y=523.0750853242334&x=684
Bibliography	Primary H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 384 Secondary S. Lucà 2019, Chrysostomica minima e il monte Athos, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici (RSBN), 56, 85-109: 102
Number of verses	24
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Nina Sietis Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Occurrence 25689 (formerly occ/9719)

Occurrence 25689
(formerly occ/9719)