| Τῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς ὁ γλυκασμὸς ἀγγέλων, | |
| ἡ χαρὰν ἐκβλύζουσα τοῖς λυπουμένοις, | |
| τῶν χριστιανῶν ἡ κραταιὰ προστάτις, | |
| μῆτερ θεοῦ πάναγνε, σεμνὴ παρθένε, | |
| ἀντιλαβοῦ μου κατὰ τόνδε τὸν βίον. | |
| τῷ ἀρχηθήτει Συμεῶνι τῷ τ᾽ ἄλλα | |
| καὶ βασάνων ῥῦσαι με τῶν αἰωνίων | |
| τῶν ἐπερχομένων μοι ἀνθρώπων τὰς κακώσεις | |
| καὶ δός ἡμῖν δύναμιν ὑπομονῆς γε. |
| Type(s) | [5763] Τῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς ὁ γλυκασμὸς ἀγγέλων (9 verses) |
| Text source | S. Mercati 1970, Lo scriba del codice Ottoboniano greco 441 è il patriarca Constantinopolitano Simeone I, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 2), Bari, 11-15: 13 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 1477 |
| Manuscript | VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 441 [1477] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 429v |
| Person(s) | |
| Palaeographical information | The last three verses are preceded, in the left margin, by the letters γ, β and α respectively, which indicates that the order of these verses should be inversed. |
| Contextual information | The epigram is preceded by two other poems of Philes: inc. 'Ἡ τὰς πύλας κλείσασα τῆς ἁμαρτίας' and 'Χαίροις θεοῦ σκήνωμα καθηγνισμένον'. |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Subject(s) | |
| Comment | The verses 1-5, 7 constitute a poem ascribed to Manuel Philes (see Tsolakis (1971: 336)). The verses 6, 8-9 could be considered additions by the patriach Symeon. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 9 |
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Last modified: 2020-11-16.
