The most important representative of ecclesiastical poetry in the Early Byzantine period is Romanos the Melode: hymns by Romanos the Melode from an 11th century manuscript. Patmos, St. John the Theologian monastery cod. 212, fol. 121. Rhodes, 4th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund. Kominis, A., Hoi Thesauroi tis Monis Patmou, Ekdotike Athenon S.A., Athens 1988, p. 350, ill. 5. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture |
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