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Type 6857
(formerly typ/4758)

	Ναί, λυχνία, πρόκεισο· ναί, παστάς, πλέκου·
	ναί, στάμνε, πλάττου· ναί, φύου, χρυσῆ βάτε·
	τὸ φῶς πάρεστιν· εὐτρεπὴς ὁ νυμφίος·
	ἐγγὺς τὸ μάννα· καὶ τὸ πῦρ, ἰδοῦ φθάνει.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὴν γέννησιν τῆς Θεοτόκου
Text source	G. Papagiannis, 1997, Theodoros Prodromos, Jambische und hexametrische Tetrasticha auf die Haupterzählungen des Alten und des Neuen Testaments. Text und Indices (vol. 2), Wiesbaden: 193
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theodore Prodromos (12th c.) - PBW: Theodoros/25001/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Theotokos
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[25687] Καὶ λυχνία πρόκεισο ναὶ παστὰς πλέκου [1326] LONDON - British Library - Add. 5117 [24/02/1326] (f. 10v) (4 verses)
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Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of ParaTexBib. Contributor(s) Nina Sietis The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes) , 18884 Vassis ICB 2005, 479: "Theod. Prodromus, In nativitatem Mariae Deiparae"
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