Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21093
(formerly occ/4817)

	ἕτ(ε)ρο

	Ὥσπερ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τὸν σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγον
	δα(υὶ)δ διώκει τῆ βοῆ τῆς κινύρας,
	οὕτως γε (καὶ) νῦν ἡ φάλαγξ τῶν δαιμόνων,
	τὸ ψαλμικὸν μέλπουσιν ἡμῖν πυκτίον,
	τῆ σῆ κελεύσει χ(ριστ)ὲ πόρρω φευγέτω·
	ὅπως δι' αὐτοῦ ὕμνον ἐν μελωδίαις,
	σοὶ προσφέρω ὡς θ(ε)ῶ καθ ημέρ(...)

Type(s)	[5430] Ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγον (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana M 15 sup. [11th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 6r
Palaeographical information	Initial and title written in red ink.
Contextual information	This poem is the second in a series of three epigrams in honour of David. This series is preceded by an incomplete 'Poema 1. De inscriptionibus Psalmorum' (ed. Westerink 1992: 1-13) by Michael Psellos and it is followed by 'Poema 54. Commentarius in Psalmos' (ed. Westerink 1992: 327-390).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Music Psalter Saul
Comment	The poem does not function as a book epigram on this manuscript.
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 605 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 217
Number of verses	7
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