Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5780
(formerly typ/3798)

	Ἄζυξ μάχαιραν Θηκαρᾶ θήκας λίαν,
	τὴν πνεύματος δεῖν τερπνοποικίλας γλύφεις.

Text source	E. Lappa-Zizica, M. Rizou-Kouroupou, 1991, Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων τοῦ Μουσείου Μπενάκη (10ος-16ος αἰ.), Athens: 68
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Galaktion (monachos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Thekaras
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Bibliography	Primary P. Skaltsis (ed.), 2008, Θηκαρᾶς. Στίχοι εἰς τοὺς θείους Ὕμνους. Διονυσίου καὶ Μητροφάνους, Περὶ τῶν Ὕμνων. Θηκαρᾶ Μοναχοῦ, Λόγοι περὶ πίστεως, Ἑρμηνεία τῶν Ὕμνων, ̔Ωρολόγιον τῶν θείων Ὕμνων, Ἀσκητικὴ Ἀκολουθία, Χαροποιὰ Πένθη. Θεοδούλου Μοναχοῦ, Διήγησις καὶ Ἀνθολόγιον περὶ τῶν Ὕμνων, Mount Athos: 3
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[23016] ΝΑ [1351-1400] SOFIA - Centar I Dujcev D. gr. 1 [1351-1400] (f. 284r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 13: "Galaction mon. In Thecaram"
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