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Handwritten: 46
Handwritten: 47
[handwritten: [Φωνή ἀδελφίδου μου κρούει [ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν Ἄνοιξον] ἀδελφή μου, πλησίον μου περιστερά μου]] [handwritten: [τελεία μου, ὅτι ἡ κεφαλή μου πλήρης ἐστὶν δρόσου]] [handwritten: [καὶ οἱ βόστρυχοί μου φθενάλης κυρίου] 316
The dove is of course the {hw: the] almost certainly a direct reference to baptism baptism [handwritten: 317] and to the celebration of the Epiphany [handwritten: 318] and is mentioned again in the inscription from the Song of Songs on the the [handwritten: south] other lintel. [handwritten: 319] Now the voice of the knocking upon the door' is almost identical with the shout that wakened the 'ten virgins'. Indeed, Theodoret in commenting on this passage from the Song of Songs quotes the advice of Jesus at the end of the parable of the ten [handwritten: 320] [handwritten: 321] 'ten virgins', [handwritten: γρηγορεῖτε γὰρ, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε ἡ ἡμέρα οὐδὲ τὴν ὥραν] [handwritten: πῶς ὁ Κύριος ἔρχεται. 322]
He equates the door in this passage with the human senses, [handwritten: 323] an equation which is of course related to the devil conquered by Jesus, probably described in our inscription. [handwritten: 324 325]
Theodoret because of the line preceding the verses quoted in [handwritten: this] inscription, [handwritten: ἔχω καθεύδω καὶ ἡ καρδία μου ἀγρυπνεῖ] [handwritten: 326] considers that this scene to have taken place at night. Theodoret, moreover, explains [handwritten: the line] [handwritten: ἐγὼ καθεύδω ὁ Σαλωμών εἰς τὴν ταμιεῖον αὐτοῦ 326a 326b] by the parable of the ten 'ten virgins'. The five wise virgins become the part of the secrets of the
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