Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18037
(formerly occ/1343)

	Τὴν ασματοδοψαλμοσύνθετον βίβλον·
	τὴν θε\|οκοσμοψϋχόσωστον, θείαν πυκτίδα, \|
	προφητοτερπνόφθεγκτον ἔφησε στόμα· \|
	(καὶ) πνευματοφόρητος ἦται καρδία·
	τὴν \| χειροχορδοβροντόκρουστρον ὄντως \| κινύραν
	καὶ τὴν μελουργόναυλὸν κυμ\|βάλιλύραν·
	θέλγουσα καὶ πλήττου\|σα καὶ ψάλλουσάγει·
	τὴν ἀκτινοχρυ\|σοφαιδροβροντολαμπρο
	φεγγοφωτο\|στόλιστον· ὄντως καὶ θείω
	χερουβϊκο\|χάρακτον, τήρη ψαλτήραν:-

Type(s)	[2523] Τὴν ᾀσματῳδοψαλμοσύνθετον βίβλον (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Borg. gr. 10 [1291-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 208r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is not written by the main scribe of the manuscript, but by a later hand.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Holy Spirit Music Psalter
Comment	De Cavalieri (1927: 124) dates the epigram to the 13th century and Parpulov (2014: 224) to the 14th century.
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2022, An Aristophanean Epigram on the Psalter, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1381-1386: 1384 P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1927, Codices Graeci Chisiani et Borgiani, Rome: 124 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 224 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 149-150 Secondary K. Demoen 2022, An Aristophanean Epigram on the Psalter, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1381-1386: 1382-1383
Number of verses	10
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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