Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18812
(formerly occ/2204)

	ἐρώτησις τί ἐστι ψαλτήριον· ἀπόκρισις

	Ἁπλῷ μὲν λόγω κ(αὶ) κοινῶ καὶ κατη\|μαξευμένω,
	ὄργανον τὸ ψαλ\|τήριον δεκάχορδον σημαίνει·
	ᾧτινι χρώμενοι τὸ πρὶν οἱ μελωδοὶ \| πρὸ(ς) μέλος
	ἐν τούτοις τὰ ψαλλόμ(εν)α \| καλλίστως ἐμελώδουν.
	εἰ δ’ ἴσως ἀ\|ναγωγικῶς ἐφερμηνεῦσαι θέλεις,
	ψαλ\|τήριον δεκάχορδον τὸν ἄν(θρωπ)ον σημαίνει
	ὥσπερ γὰρ εἶχε πρότερον δέκα χορδὰς \| ἐκεῖνο,
	οὕτω (καὶ) πᾶς τις ἄν(θρωπ)ος ἔχει δυ\|νάμεις δέκα·
	σωματικὰς (καὶ) ψυχικάς \| (καὶ) δῆλον ἀπὸ τούτου·
	ψυχὴ γὰρ \| πᾶσα πέφυκε δυνάμεις ἔχειν πέντε
	νοῦν· αἴσθησιν· διάνοιαν· δόξαν \| (καὶ) φαντασί(αν)·
	ὡσαύτως (καὶ) τοῦ σώμ(α)το(ς) \| ἴσμ(εν) αἰσθήσεις πέντ(ε)·
	ὅρασιν· ὄσφρησ(ιν) \| ἁφήν, ἀκοήν τε (καὶ) γεῦσιν·
	ταῦτ’ οὖν \| ὑπαινιττόμενος ἔλεγεν ὁ προφήτ(ης)· \|
	ἐν δεκαχόρδω τῶ θ(ε)ῶ ψάλλατε ψαλτηρίω· \|

Type(s)	[3060] Ἁπλῷ μὲν λόγῳ καὶ κοινῷ καὶ κατημαξευμένῳ (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a microfilm of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 194 (Vlad. 48) [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 7v
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Psalter
Comment	The catalogue gives only the incipit. These verses are part of Ps. Psellos Poem 54 and in this manuscript are used as a paratext to the text of the Psalms.
Bibliography	Primary Archimandrite Vladimir, 1894, Sistematičeskoe opisanie rukopisej Moskovskoj Sinodal’noj (Patriarsej) Biblioteki. Rukopisi grečeskija (vol. 1), Moscow: 49 Archimandrite Vladimir, X. Grichine, J. Johannet, 1995, Description systématique des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Synodale Patriarchale de Moscou. Grec 1 à grec 105 (vol. 1), Unknown: 55
Number of verses	15
Related occurrence(s)	[26480] ἁπλῶ μὲν λόγω κ(αὶ) κοινῶ καὶ κατημερευμένω [16th-17th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 535 (coll. 865) [1101-1150] (f. 346r) (15 verses) (15/15)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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