Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19855
(formerly occ/3442)

	στίχοι ἕτεροι:

	Σίγησον ὀρφεῦ, ῥίψον ἑρμῆ τὴν λύραν·
	Τρίτους ὁ δελφοῖς, δύνον εἰς λήθην ἔτι·
	Δα(υὶ)δ γὰρ ἡμῖν πν(εύματο)ς κρούων λύραν,
	Τρανοῖ τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν θ(εο)ῦ μυστηρίων·
	Πληθὺν παλαιῶν ἱστορεῖ τεραστίων·
	Κινεῖ πρὸς ὕμνον τοῦ κτίσαντος τὴν κτίσιν·
	Ἅπαντας σύξει μυσταγωγεῖ καὶ γράφει·
	Ἁμαρτάνοντας εἰς ἐπιστροφὴν φέρει·
	Πολλοῖς σὺν ἄλλοις καὶ κριτοῦ δηλῶν κρίσιν,
	Σμήχειν διδάσκει ψυχικὰς ἁμαρτάδας:

Type(s)	[3271] Σίγησον, Ὀρφεῦ· ῥίψον, Ἑρμῆ, τὴν λύραν (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 160 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Palaeographical information	Title and initials in red ink.
Contextual information	Followed by one more epigram on David.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Hermes Music Orpheus Psalter
Image source(s)	https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/46d28f18-00b3-4456-9e77-a301645bd368
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 275
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[22318] Σίγησον ὀρφεῦ ῥίψον ἑρμῆ τὴν λύραν [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 60 [13th c.] (f. 10r) (10 verses) (10/10) [33490] Σίγησον ὀρφεῦ, ῥίψων ἑρμῆ τὴν λύραν MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 94 sup. [01/02/1464-29/02/1464] (f. IIv) (10 verses) (2/10)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Mathijs Clement, 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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