Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17364
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ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸ ψαλτήριον·
 
Ἡ μουσι(κὴ) μὲν ὀρφέως λύρα· |
ἕλληνες ἣν ἔφησαν οἱ μυθογράφοι·
ἅπαντα τοῖς κρούμα|σιν ἕλκειν ἀθρόως·
καὶ θαῦμα ταύτην μεἶζον εἶναι θαυμάτων, |
τοιοῦτον οὐδὲν ἐτραγώδει μέλος,
οἵους ὁ Δα(υὶ)δ ἐξετράνωσε λόγους: |
πᾶσαν γὰρ ἐξαίρουσι μοῦσαν ὀργάνων·
σύμφωνον ἐξάδουσ(αν) ὠδ(ὴν) | ᾀσμάτων˙
παρῆκεν ὀρφεὺς καὶ σεσίγηκεν λύρα: |
θήγει γὰρ οὔτε δένδρα καὶ ζῶα πλάνη· |
δαυὶδ δὲ νῦν πάρεστι καὶ λαλεῖ ξένα: |
καὶ τῆ θεοφθόγγω τε μέλπει κιννύρα: |
ἠχεῖ τὰ θεῖα καὶ κροτεῖ παρρησία:· |
ἐν γῆ μελωδεῖ καὶ συνᾴδει τοῖς ἄνω:· |
καὶ κύκλα παμπόνηρα δαιμόνων τρέπει:· |
παύει δὲ τῆ σύριγγι τῆς εὐρυθμίας:· |
ὡς οἷα δυσκάθεκτα δεινὰ θηρία:· |
ὁρμὰς παθῶν τε καὶ λογισμοὺς ἀστάτων:· |
ἔλκει βροτοὺς γε καὶ πρὸς ὕμνους προτρέπει: |
Καὶ συγχορεύειν ἀγγέλοις ἐπιτρέπει:· |
Καὶ γὰρ σοφίζη καὶ πλατύνει καρδίαν, |
Καὶ νοῦν καθαίρει καὶ μεταίρει τῶν κάτω· |
Καὶ ζεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ καταυγάζει φρένας· |
Καὶ χειραγωγεῖ πρὸς τρίβους σωτηρίας:– |
Type(s) [3932] Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν Ὀρφέως πάλαι λύρα (24 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 13th c.
Manuscript VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088]
Place in Manuscript f. 281v-282r
Palaeographical information Written by a later hand (cf. Parpulov 2014: 223, n. 18).
Contextual information The epigram follows the preceding text without any indication that a new text begins. From line 10 onwards the scribe correctly divides the verses of the poem, copying one verse per line.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.342/0578
Bibliography

Primary

Secondary

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: 612
Number of verses 24
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Transcriber(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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