Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2440
(formerly typ/511)

	Ὡς ταξιάρχης τῆς ἄνω σκηπτουχίας
	πρωτάγγελος πέλων τε ρῦσαι πταισμάτων,
	λιταῖς με ταῖς σαῖς καὶ τρικυμίας βίου.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Michael (archangel)
Tag(s)	Prayer
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1899, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Brussels: 159 C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 417 T. Matantseva 1996, Eloge des archanges Michel et Gabriel par Michel le moine (BHG 1204a), Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 46, 97-155: 148
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[17911] ὡς ταξιάρχης τῆς ἄνω σκηπτουχίας [901-925] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1669 [901-925] (f. 171v) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 907: "In s. Michaelem arch."
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.