Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2203
(formerly typ/251)

	Ὦ Χρυσόστομε φωστὴρ τῆς οἰκουμένης,
	ὦ καλλίνικοι μάρτυρες στρατηλάται,
	νῦν μοι φώτισον τὰς κόρας τῶν ὀμμάτων
	νῦν μοι δώρισε τῶν καλῶν μαθημάτων.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s)	Entreaty for first person Prayer Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, 1896, Catalogo di manoscritti greci esistenti nelle biblioteche italiane (vol. 1.2), Milan: 242
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[17597] ὧ χρυσσόστομε· φωστὴρ τῆς οἰκουμένης [13th c.] BRESCIA - Biblioteca Civica Queriniana A. III. 10 [13th c.] (f. 33r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 915: "Librarii precatio"
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2203

Last modified: 2026-01-19.