Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17092
(formerly occ/214)

	Ψαλμῶν το τεύχος ἐσφραγισμέν(ων) χάρις:
	Εὔρυθμος ὠδὴ κ(αὶ) παθοκτόνον μέλο(ς):
	Ἐχθροῦ πονηρὰν προσβολὴν κ(ατ)ὰστρέφ(ον).
	Δα(υὶ)δ γὰρ νῦν πάρεστι καὶ λαλεῖ ξένα:
	Ἠχεῖ τὰ θεῖα· κ(αὶ) κροτεῖ παρρησία:
	Ἐν γῆ μελωδεῖ· κ(αὶ) συνάδει τοῖς ἄνω:
	Καὶ νο(ῦν) καθαίρει καὶ μεταίρει τῶν κάτ(ω):
	Καὶ χειραγωγεῖ πρὸ(ς) τρίβους σ(ωτη)ρίας:
	Πληροῖ δὲ φωτὸ(ς) τᾶς φρέν(ας) τοῦ κτ(ω)μ(έν)ου
	Καὶ πρὸσοἰκειοῖ τῶ φιλαν(θρώπ)ω λόγω:
	Ποιητὰ οὖν μου· λυτρωτὰ κ(αὶ) οἰκτίρμω(ν):
	Ὃς πάντ(ας) ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸ σωθήν(αι) θέλεις:
	Νοσοῦντα ὁμοῦ, τὴν ψυχὴν κ(αὶ) τ(ῶ) σῶμ(α):
	Ἡ σὴ τάχος με προφθασει χάρις σ(ῶτε)ρ:
	Μακρὰν τὰ πάθη ἐξ ἐμοῦ ποιουμένη:
	Ἀμὴν γένοιτο εἰς ἅπαντά μου χρόν(ον):
	Μιχαὴλ μοναχ(ῶ)· εὐτελεῖ κ(αὶ) ἀλύτρω

Type(s)	[2125] Ψαλμῶν τὸ τεῦχος ἐσφραγισμένοις χάρις (17 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1087
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088]
Place in Manuscript	f. 24r
Person(s)	Scribe Michael (11th c.) - RGK: I.289, III.472 (alitros, monachos)
Palaeographical information	Initial letters of each verse are written in gold.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the first Psalm. The text is surrounded by one more epigram, inc. 'χεῖρες φίλαι, λόλποι τε καὶ σύ, καρδία'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.342/0053/
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 16 S. Mercati 1970, Confessione di fede di Michele Categumeno del monastero fondato da Michele Attaliate, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 609-617: 616 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 225
Number of verses	17
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Acknowledgements	Transcriber(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Dimitrios Skrekas, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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