Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3788
(formerly typ/1880)

	Τὸ δεῖπνον ἁβρὸν δ’ ἐτίμων ὁ δεσπότης,
	φίλοι προσηνεῖς, οὐ φθορᾶς πλήρης πόσις,
	ἀλλ’ ἀμβροσία· τὸ γὰρ αἷμα δεσπότου
	καὶ σὰρξ μερισμός, ἡ τροφή τε καὶ πόσις.
	Σύνδειπνον αὐχεῖς, ὦ μοναχέ, τὸν λόγον,
	σύστελλε χεῖρα τοῖς παρατεθειμένοις,
	μήπως ἀνέδην, ἠμμένος τοῦ τρυβλίου,
	καὶ Χριστὸν αὐτὸν ἐμπολήσῃς αὐτίκα.
	Γρηγόριός σοι προσβοᾷ ῥακενδύτης,
	μονῆς προεστώς, εὐτελῆς Θεοῦ θύτης.

Title(s)	Στίχοι κυροῦ Νικηφόρου του Ξανθοπούλου εἰς τὸ μυστικὸν δεῖπνον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (1256-1335)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gregorios (12th c.) - VGH: 94.H (monēs proestōs, thytes)
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Secondary G. Kitchin, 1867, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses adservantur, Oxford: 14
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[19703] Τὸ δεῖπνον ἁβρὸν δ’ ἐτιμ(ων) ὁ δεσπότης [14th c.] OXFORD - Christ Church College 26 [12th c.] (f. 2v) (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Raf Praet, Nina Sietis, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lev Shadrin, Thomas Van Nieuwerburgh The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes) , 17190 Vassis ICB 2005, 764: "Niceph. Call. Xanthopulus, In coenam mysticam"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.