Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20709
(formerly occ/4403)

	στίχ(οι) εἰς τ(ὸν) θεῖον δα(υί)δ

	Δα(υὶ)δ μελωδέοντι τῆς ἐκκλησί(ας):
	ὃς τῇ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκπλαγεὶς τραγωδίη:
	ζώων φύσεις θέλγοντά που καὶ δενδρέ(ων):
	ἀλλʹ ὀρφέα κρούοντα θεί(αν) πυκτίδα:
	θ(εὸ)ν σέβοντα ὃν πάροιθ(εν) ἠγνόουν:
	τὸ καινὸν ἆσμα ποῖος ἕψετ(αι) νόος:
	ὀρφῆα τοῦτον οὐ τὸν ἔξω προσφράσοι:
	ὡς οἷα τοῖς μύθοισιν ἐξυφασμένα:
	ἧς τοῖς μέλεσιν ἕσπετʹ ἐθνέων γένη,

Type(s)	[1895] Δαυὶδ μελῳδέοντι τῆς ἐκκλησίας (9 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th-15th c.
Manuscript	JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 1 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 18v
Palaeographical information	The epigrams are written in three columns, to be read vertically.
Contextual information	The epigram is the first in a series of eight epigrams on David.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Orpheus Psalter
Comment	Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1897: 3) gives only the title and the incipit.
Image source(s)	https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279397642-jo/?sp=21
Bibliography	Primary A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1897, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 3), Saint-Petersburg: 3
Number of verses	9
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - 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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