Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 36936

	Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε συλλεγεῖσα ποικίλως,
	παρ᾿ ἐλλογίμων καὶ σοφῶν διδασκάλων·
	ἀπὸ γραφικῶν δογμάτων καὶ κανόνων,
	τῶν ἱεραρχῶν ἁγίων καὶ πατέρων·
	τῶν αἱρετικῶν εἰς σόβησιν τῆς λύμης,
	καθάπερ ἄλλη τις μέλισσα πλουσία·
	θνητὸν, ἐξαίσιον ἔργον τυγχάνει,
	σπούδασμα θεῖον, φαιδρὸν, ἠγλαισμένον·
	Ἀλεξίου μοι τοῦ Κομνηνοῦ δεσπότου,
	τοῦ γῆς κρατοῦντος Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἐνθέως·
	καὶ δυσμενεῖς ξύμπαντας εὐτροπουμένου,
	ὡς ἀκλόνητον τὴν περίγειον μένειν·
	οὖ δὲ κρατύναις τὴν βασιλείαν Λόγε,
	εἰς ὑπεραπείρους τε καὶ χρηστοὺς χρόνους·
	ὅπως διεξάγοιτο καλῶς τὸ στῖφος,
	τῶν χριστιανῶν, ὑπὸ τοῦδε τοῦ κράτους·
	ταῦτα Τζιρίθων εὐτελὴς Κωνσταντῖνος,
	ὁ τήνδε βίβλον γεγραφὼς τῷ δεσπότῃ.

Title(s)	<Κωνσταντίνου Τζιρίθωνος στίχοι εἰς τὸν βασιλέα Ἀλέξιον Κομνηνόν> In Imperatorem Alexium Comnenum
Text source	M. Berke 2012, An annotated edition of Euthymios Zigabenos, Panoplia Dogmatikē, chapters 23-28, Belfast: 1
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Konstantinos Tzirithos (12th c.)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Alexios Komnenos (1106 - 1142) - PBW: Alexios/103/ Church Fathers Konstantinos Tzirithos (12th c.)
Tag(s)	Dedication Heresy Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	18
Occurrence(s)	[36938] Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε συλλεγεῖσα ποικίλως [12th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 11871 [12th c.] (f. 3r) (18 verses) [36933] ἡ βίβλος ἥδε συλλεγεῖσα ποικίλως [13th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1232 [13th c.] (f. 1r) (18 verses)
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(s) Juan Bautista Juan López 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: 2025-09-10.