Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5767
(formerly typ/3787)

	Δέσποινα ἁγνὴ μήτηρ τοῦ φιλανθρώπου
	ἡ τῶν οὐρανῶν ὑψηλοτέρα μόνη,
	ἐν τῇ φοβερᾷ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ υἱοῦ σου
	προστίθει καὶ ῥῦσαί με πυρὸς ἀσβέστου,
	σὸν ἱκέτην, ἄχραντε Παρθενομῆτορ,
	καλὸν μάγιστρον Τουρμαρχόπωλον ἀμήν.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Leon Tzikandiles (12th c.) - PBW: Leon/25001/ (doux, proedros)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Theotokos
Tag(s)	Prayer
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined C. De Boor, 1963, Theophanis Chronographia, Leipzig: 378-379 P. Odorico 2012, Poésies à la marge, réflexions personnelles? Quelques observations sur les poésies du Parisinus graecus 1711, in F. Bernard, K. Demoen (eds.), Poetry and its Contexts in Eleventh-century Byzantium, Farnham/Burlington, 207-224: 213 A. Sakellaridou-Sotiroudi, 1989, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung des 'Georgius Continuatus' (Redaktion A), Thessaloniki: 29
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[23128] Δέσποιν(α) ἁγνὴ μ(ήτη)ρ τοῦ φιλα(νθρώπ)ου [1124] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1711 [11th c.] (f. 393v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 139: "Leo Tzicandeles, Precatio"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.