Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

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Type 2396
(formerly typ/473)

Ἄναρχε Χριστέ, τῶν καλῶν ἡ ἀκρότης,
ὁ νύκτας ποιῶν καὶ δᾳδουχῶν ἡμέρας,
σκέπε, φρούρει, φύλαττε τὸν Κορίνθιον Παῦλον,
ὃς ἦν ἐκ μονῆς Ἀγροῦ τῶν ἀποστόλων
κάτοικος δ’ αὖθις θεοτόκου τοῦ Μῆλι
σύμπραξον ἀρχήν, συμμάχησον καὶ τέλος·
ἡ χεὶρ τὸ γράμμα νοῦς ἐφέλκει τοὺς λόγους,
τὸ πνεῦμα δ᾽ αὖθις συμπαρέσχεν τὴν σχέσιν,
ὡς τοῦ γράφειν ἔπαυσα τοὺς τρεῖς δακτύλους·
τῇ χειρί, Χριστέ, τῇ ταύτῃ χαραξάσῃ
παράσχου χάριν χριστὰ γράμματα γράφειν.
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s)
Bibliography

Primary
Number of verses 11
Occurrence(s) [17863] ἄναρχ(ε) χ(ριστ)ὲ τῶν καλ(ῶν) ἠ ἀκρότης [1292]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1877 [1292] (f. 177r)
(11 verses)
Related type(s) [3005] ἡ χεὶρ τὸ γράμμα νοῦς τ᾽ ἐφέλκει τοὺς λόγους (12 verses)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Julián Bértola, Lev Shadrin

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 44: "Librarii subscr."
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.
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