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Occurrence 18414
(formerly occ/1754)

	νέμοις μοι σ(ῶτ)ερ λειταῖς τοῦ διαδόχου. \|
	εὔνοιαν γνώμης τῆς εἰς σὲ θυμιδίας: \|
	λέγειν καὶ πράττειν τὰ σοὶ φίλα δεόντ(ως)· \|
	ὄκιστα πν(εῦμ)α παρέχων μοι τὸ θεῖον· \|
	ὕλης παθῶν με καθαίρων τὸν σόν \| λάτριν:
	νέμοις μοι σ(ῶτ)ερ λειταῖς τοῦ διαδόχου. \|
	εὔνοιαν γνώμης τῆς εἰς σὲ θυμιδί(ας): \|
	λέγειν καὶ πράττειν τὰ σοὶ φίλα δεόντ(ως)· \|
	ὄκιστα πν(εῦμ)α παρέχων μοι τὸ θεῖον· \|
	ὕλης παθῶν με καθαίρων τὸν σόν \| λάτριν:

Type(s)	[2749] Νέμοις μοι Σῶτερ λιταῖς τοῦ διαδόχου (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE D. Gassisi, 1906, Poesie di San Nilo Iuniore e di Paolo monaco abbati di Grottaferrata, Rome: 54
Text status	Text completely known
Date	976-1000
Manuscript	GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Β. α. XIX [976-1000]
Place in Manuscript	f. 83r
Person(s)	Scribe Neilos (10th c.) - VGH: 328.A, 378.E (abbas of the Monastery of Saint Mary < Grottaferrata < Lazio < Italy)
Palaeographical information	The text is written in Alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	Note the acrostic indicating the name of the scribe: ΝΕΛΟΥ. To fit this acrostic, the poet had to make a little concession regarding the spelling not only of his name Νε(ί)λου but also of ὤκιστα: ὄκιστα.
Image source(s)	Lake X, plate 714 https://www.wdl.org/fr/item/11561/view/1/85/
Bibliography	Primary D. Gassisi 1905, Poesie di S. Nilo Iuniore e di Paolo Monaco, Abbati di Grottaferrata, Oriens Christianus, 5, 26-81: 73 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1939, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in in Florence, Athens, Grottaferrata and the Meteora (vol. 10), Boston: 13 S. Lucà, 1986, Manoscritti 'Rossanesi' conservati a Grottaferrata. Monstra in occasione del Congresso internazionale su S. Nilo di Rossano (Rossano 28 sett. - 1 ott. 1986), Grottaferrata: 39 A. Rocchi, 1883, Codices cryptenses seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati, Tusculani: 100
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[16972] Νέμοις μοι σῶτερ λειταῖς τ(οῦ) διαδόχου [10th-11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Chigi gr. R IV 7 (gr. 7) [10th-11th c.] (f. 18r-18v) (5 verses) (10/10)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri, Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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