Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3055
(formerly typ/1163)

	Δέσποτα Χριστὲ ὁ μέλλων κόσμον κρῖναι
	ἄφεσιν τῷ κτήτορι τῆσδε τῆς βίβλου
	νεῖμον, ὡς ἀλκὴν ἔχων δραστικοτάτην
	Ἰωάννης οὗτός γε ὁ σὸς ἱκέτης
	ἤλπισεν γάρ σοι τῷ λύπῃ τῶν πταισμάτων.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s)	Acrostic Entreaty for a third person Prayer
Comment	Τhe acrostic forms the name of the scribe: Δανιή(λ).
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Mancini, 1907, Codices graeci monasterii Messanensis S. Salvatoris, Messina: 196 S. Rossi 1904, Catalogo dei codici greci dell'antico Monastero del SS. Salvatore che si conservano nella Biblioteca Universitaria di Messina, Archivio storico messinese, 5, 138-158: 142
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[18799] δέσποτα χ(ριστ)ὲ ὁ μέλ\|λων κόσμον κρῖναι [962] MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 133 [962] (f. 236v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.