Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20929
(formerly occ/4636)

	δα(υὶ)δ ὁπλισθεὶς τῆς τριάδος \| τὴν χάριν, \|
	λίθοις τὲ τρισὶ καὶ τῆ μικρὰ σφεν\|δόνι; \|
	γολιὰθ τὸν ἀλλόφυλον ἠ ξιφηφό\|ρον, \|
	αὖθις ἀναιρεῖ καὶ κατασφάτ\|τει τάχος:

Type(s)	[4471] Δαυίδ, ὁπλισθεὶς τῆς τριάδος τὴν χάριν (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th-12th c.
Manuscript	LONDON - British Library - Add. 40753 [11th-12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 145r
Palaeographical information	The text is written in red ink.
Contextual information	British Museum (1950: 167): 'The supernumerary Ps. cli, (...) is preceded (f. 145) by four lines in red on David's victory over Goliath, (...) and (f. 145 b) by a miniature'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	David
Image source(s)	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_40753_f145r
Bibliography	Primary British Museum, 1950, Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years. 1921-1925, London: 167 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: A. Weyl Carr 1982, A Group of Provincial Manuscripts from the Twelfth Century, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 36, 39-81: 74
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, 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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