Ένα ανέκδοτο ποίημα του Νικηφόρου Καλλίστου Ξανθοπούλου στον Ευαγγελισμό της Θεοτόκου και στον Ακάθιστο Ύμνο

Abstract

The article focuses on an unedited poem of the well-known writer Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos dedicated to Theotokos’ Annunciation feast. The poem preserved in codices Bodl. Auct. E.5.14 and Neapol. II.A.25, both dated in the XIV century. It consists of 190 dodecasyllabic verses and belongs to a group of poems, known as “metrical prefaces”, which served as introductions to homilies of various kinds.

Keywords

• nikephoros xanthopoulos, theotokos, annunciation, poem, metrical prefaces