Epigram 1.106

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 60
Codex Palatinus 23 p. 61

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ἔλαμψεν ἀκτὶς τῆς ἀληθείης πάλιν,
καὶ τὰς κόρας ἤμβλυνε τῶν ψευδηγόρων

ηὔξησεν εὐσέβεια, πέπτωκε πλάνη,
καὶ πίστις ἀνθεῖ καὶ πλατύνεται χάρις.

ἰδοὺ γὰρ αὖθις Χριστὸς εἰκονισμένος
λάμπει πρὸς ὕψος τῆς καθέδρας τοῦ κράτους,
καὶ τὰς σκοτεινὰς αἱρέσεις ἀνατρέπει.
τῆς εἰσόδου δ᾽ ὕπερθεν, ὡς θεία πύλη,
στηλογραφεῖται καὶ φύλαξ ἡ παρθένος,

ἄναξ δὲ καὶ πρόεδρος ὡς πλανοτρόποι
σὺν τοῖς συνεργοῖς ἱστοροῦνται πλησίον
κύκλῳ δὲ παντὸς οἷα φρουροὶ τοῦ δόμου,
νόες, μαθηταί, μάρτυρες, θυηπόλοι,
ὅθεν καλοῦμεν χριστοτρίκλινον νέον,

τὸν πρὶν λαχόντα κλήσεως χρυσωνύμου,
ὡς τὸν θρόνον ἔχοντα Χριστοῦ κυρίου,
Χριστοῦ δὲ μητρός, χριστοκηρύκων τύπους,
καὶ τοῦ σοφουργοῦ Μιχαὴλ τὴν εἰκόνα.

— Paton edition

In the Golden Hall of Mazaritvus (after the Restoration of Images)

The light of Truth hath shone forth again, and blunts the eyes of the false teachers. Piety hath increased and Error is fallen ; Faith flourisheth and Grace groweth. For behold, Christ pictured again shines above the imperial throne and overthrows the dark heresies. And above the entrance, like a holy door, is imaged the guardian Virgin. The Emperor and the Patriarch, as victorious over Error, are pictured near with their fellow-workers, and all around, as sentries of the house, are angels, disciples, martyrs, priests : whence we call this now the Christotriclinium (the hall of Christ) instead of by its former name Chrysotriclinium (the Golden Hall), since it has the throne of the Lord Christ and of his Mother, and the images of the Apostles and of Michael, author of wisdom.

— Paton edition

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