Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4868
(formerly typ/2916)

	Ἡγουμένῳ Συμεῷ τήνδε προστάξας
	Βίβλον ἱστορίσασθαι ψυχωφελῆ τε,
	Ἤτοι περιφέρει γὰρ τούσδε πατέρας,
	Δωροθέῳ τῷ σεπτῷ καὶ φιλοσόφῳ,
	Καὶ Μαξίμῳ τῷ σοφῷ καὶ θεολόγῳ,
	Καρπαθίῳ ῥήτορι καὶ θεοφόρῳ,
	Νείλῳ τῷ πνευματικῷ καὶ φιλοθέῳ,
	Παντοδύναμε Θεέ, ὧν ταῖς πρεσβείαις
	Συνεργεῖν ταῖς διδαχαῖς τούτων αἱρεῖσθαι
	Τοῦς τῶν ὅλων σε Θεὸν ἐπεγνωκότας.
	Εὕροιμι προστάτας δὲ καιροῦ καλοῦντος
	Εγὼ ὁ παμβέβηλος καὶ παραβάτης
	Προσταχθείς, ὃς γέγραφα τήνδε πυκτίδα,
	Μελετίῳ μοναχῷ καὶ φρενολείπτῳ.

Text source	B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 305
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Dorotheos of Gaza (6th c.) John of Karpathos - PMBZ: 13839: "Personenkennziffer: 2716" Maximos the Confessor (580 - 13/08/662) - PBE: 5416 - PMBZ: 16096: "Personenkennziffer: 4921/add." Meletios (10th c.) - RGK: II.374 - VGH: 300.G - PMBZ: 27193: "Personenkennziffer: 25039" (monachos) Neilos of Ankyra (saint) (4th-5th c.) Symeon (10th c.) - RGK: II.374 - VGH: 300.G - PMBZ: 29651: "Personenkennziffer: 27496" (hegoumenos)
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Dedication Entreaty for first person Praise of the author Prayer Reference to content of the book Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Comment	Text of De Montfaucon (1715: 305) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography
Number of verses	14
Occurrence(s)	[17054] Ηγουμένωι συμεῶι τήνδε προστάξ(ας) [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 260 [11th c.] (f. 326v) (14 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, 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, 296: "Librarii subscr."
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4868

Last modified: 2026-01-19.