Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6270
(formerly typ/4239)

	Ζώαρχε Χριστὲ τοῦ θεοῦ πατρὸς λόγε,
	ταῖς τῆς πανάγνου μητρικαῖς παρρησίαις,
	λιταῖς Βασιλείου τε καὶ Γρηγορίου
	ἔρωτι τὸν γράψαντα τήνδε τὴν δέλτον
	Θεοφάνην φύλαττε, σώζων καὶ σκέπων.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia) Gregory of Nyssa (saint) (4th c.) (episkopos of Nyssa < Cappadocia) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Theophanes (12th c.)
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Entreaty for first person Prayer Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Bibliography	Primary E. Mioni, 1981, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 1-299 (vol. 1), Rome: 83
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[24091] Ζώαρχε χ(ριστ)ὲ τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ πατρὸς λόγε [10th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 58 (coll. 499) [10th c.] (f. 116r) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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, 186: "Librarii subscr."
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.