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 - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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