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Type 3954
(formerly typ/2042)

	Δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο,
	ὀλβιόδωρε ἄνασσα, κυδίστη, ἀριστοτόκεια,
	νυὲ χαριτοπρόσωπε μεγασθενέων βασιλήων,
	ἣν πλέον ἀστράπτουσαν ἐϋβλεφάροιο σελήνης
	εἰς γάμον ὄλβιον ἤρατο νυμφιδίοις ἐπὶ λέκτροις
	πορφυρόπαις γόνος Αὐσονάνακτος καρτερόχειρος,
	Ἀνδρόνικος μεγάθυμος, ἐϋμμελίης πολεμιστής,
	ᾧ γέρα πρῶτα σεβαστοκρατορίης νεῖμ’ ὁ φυτεύσας.
	εἰς τοίνυν λυκάβαντας ἀπειρεσίους ἐλάσειας.

Title(s)	Στίχοι ἡρῷοι πρὸς τὴν σεβαστοκρατόρισσαν κυρὰν Εἰρήνην
Text source	O. Lampsidis, 1996, Constantini Manassis Breviarium chronicum. Praefationem et textum continens (vol. 1), Athens: 4
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Constantine Manasses (1130-1187) - PBW: Konstantinos/302/
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Andronikos Komnenos (12th c.) - PBW: Andronikos/109/ Eirene Sebastokratorissa (12th c.) - PBW: Eirene/20115/
Tag(s)	Dedication
Translation(s)	Nimm an diese Gabe unserer Mühe, Glück spendede Herrscherin, Ruhmvollste, Mutter trefflichster Kinder, mit anmutigem Anlitz gesegnete Schwägerin überaus mächtiger Kaiser, die, strahlender als der schönäugige Mond, zur glücklichen Ehe gewann am ehelichen Lager der in Porphyra geborene Sohn des byzantinischen Herrschers mit starker Hand, der hochgemute Andronikos, Krieger mit der Lanze mit dem Schaft aus Eschenholz, dem der Vater die ersten Ehrengaben der Würde eines Sebastokrators zuteilte. Für unendliche Jahre mögest du nun unterwegs sein! Language German Source(s) A. Paul, A. Rhoby, 2019, Konstantinos Manasses. Verschronik, Stuttgart: 63
Comment	The epigram also occurs in the 17th-century manuscript Vat. Barb. gr. 41.
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, The collection of the Abate Matteo Luigi Canonici, Oxford: 31 H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 761 C. De Stefani 2014, The end of the "Nonnian School", in K. Spanoudakis (ed.), Nonnus of Panopolis in Context: Poetry and Cultural Milieu in Late Antiquity with a Section on Nonnus and the Modern World, Berlin, 375-402: 389-390 O. Lampsidis 1984, Zur Sebastokratorissa Eirene, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 34, 91-105: 103 G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 194 Secondary A. Paul, A. Rhoby, 2019, Konstantinos Manasses. Verschronik, Stuttgart: 15, 63 I. Spatharakis, 1976, The Portrait in Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts, Leiden: 158-159
Number of verses	9
Occurrence(s)	[21248] Δέχνυσο τοῖονδε δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [1267] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 201 [1267] (f. 176r) (9 verses) [19977] δείχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [1301-1325] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 2.5 [1301-1325] (f. 223r) (9 verses) [33339] (...)έχνυσο τοῖ(ον) δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [1250-1280] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 131 [1250-1280] (f. 474r) (9 verses) [20007] δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [1391-1400] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Canonici gr. 23 [1391-1400] ((unsure) f. 128r) (9 verses) [23786] δέχοιο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 382 [15th c.] (f. 1v) (9 verses) [23928] Δέχνοισο τοῖον δῶρον, ἀφ’ ἡμετέροις πόνοις [1251-1325] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2087 [1251-1325] (f. 211r) (9 verses) [33319] δέχνυσι τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [1291-1300] ROME - Biblioteca Vallicelliana B 53 (Martini 12) [1291-1300] (f. 88r) (9 verses) [25041] δέχνυσο τοῖ(ον) δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [1476-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 30 [1476-1500] (f. 56r) (9 verses) [25349] δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 166 [14th-16th c.] (f. 211v) (9 verses) [17780] Δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 170 [13th-14th c.] (f. 170v-171r) (9 verses) [33332] Δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [1291-1300] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1409 [1291-1300] (f. 43v) (9 verses) [33327] Δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον αφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνιο [1301-1310] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1856 [1301-1310] (f. 102r) (9 verses) [33361] Δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. VII 51 [15th c.] ((unsure) f. 136r) (9 verses) [20097] (...) ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο [14th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 149 [14th c.] (f. 10r) (9 verses) display 11 more occurrences (14 in total) hide 11 occurrences (14 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Renaat Meesters, Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 142: "Constant. Manasses, Ad Irenam sebastocratorissam"
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