Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5816
(formerly typ/3837)

	Κορωνὶς πέλων τῶν θεοπνεύστων βίβλων·
	ὕφανας πάντας θεοχαράκτους λόγους,
	ῥήσεις ἀφρόνων αἱρετικῶν ἐνξέσας·
	ἰχνηλατήσας τοὺς σοφοὺς Ἀποστόλους·
	λαμπρῶς μαρμαίρων τῇ οἰκουμένῃ πάσῃ·
	λειπαρῶ σε τοίνυν, πανάγιε πάτερ,
	ὁ τὴν βίβλον ταύτην ἀγροίκως χαράξας·
	ὑπερεύχεσθαι μάλα τῷ ἐμῷ ὕθλῳ.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Theodoros Balsamon (12th c.) - PBW: Theodoros/20364/
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Prayer
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined G. de Andrés Martínez 1974, Catálogo de los códices griegos de las colecciones Complutense, Lázaro Galdiano y March de Madrid, Cuadernos de Filología clásica, 6, 221-265: 241 DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-11).
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[23213] Κορωνὶς πέλων· τῶν θεοπνεύστων βίβλων [10th-11th c.] MADRID - Biblioteca Universitaria Complutense, Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla 116-z°-22 (olim Villa-Amil 30) [10th-11th c.] (f. 302v) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.