Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21159
(formerly occ/4892)

	Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν ὀσφέως πάλαι λύρα:
	ἕλληνες ἢν ἔφησ(αν) οἱ μυθογράφοι,
	ἅπ(αν)τα τοῖς κρούμασιν ἕλκ(ειν) ἀθρόον: \|\|
	καὶ θαῦμα ταῦτην μεῖζον εἶναι θαυμάτων,
	τοιοῦτον οὐδὲν ἐτραγώδησε μέλος:
	οἵους ὁ δα(υι)δ ἐξετράνωσε λόγος,
	πᾶσ(αν) γὰρ ἐξαιροῦσιν μοῦσ(αν) ὀργάν(ων):
	σύμφωνον ἐξ ἅδουσιν ὠδὴν ἀσμ(ά)τ(ων),
	παρῆκεν ὀρφεὺς (καὶ) σεσήκεν λύρα.
	θήγει γ(ὰρ) οὔτι δένδρα (καὶ) ζῶα πλάνη,
	δα(υὶ)δ δὲ νῦν πάρεστι, καὶ λαλεῖ ξένα:
	καὶ τῆ θεοφθόγγω τε μέλπει κινύρα,
	ἠχεῖ τὰ θεῖα (καὶ) κροτεῖ παρρησία:
	ἐν γῆ μελωδῆ (καὶ) συνάγη τοῖς ἄνω,
	καὶ κύκλα π(αν)πόνηρα δαιμόν(ων) τρέπει,
	παύει δὲ τῆ σύριγγι τῆς εὐρυθμίας,
	ὡς οἶα δεκάθεκτα δεινὰ θηρία,
	ὀρμᾶς παθῶν τε (καὶ) λογισμ(ῶν) ἀστάτων,
	ἕλκει βροτούς γε, (καὶ) πρὸς ὕμν(ους) προτρέπει:
	καὶ συγχορεύ(ειν) ἀγγέλοις ἐπὶ τρέπει,
	καὶ γ(ὰρ) σοφίζει (καὶ) πλατύνει καρδί(αν):
	καὶ νοῦν καθαίρει (καὶ) μετέρει τῶν κάτω,
	καὶ ζεῖ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α (καὶ) κ(α)ταυγάζει φρέν(ας):
	καὶ χειραγωγεῖ πρὸς τρίβους σ(ωτη)ρίους.

Type(s)	[3932] Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν Ὀρφέως πάλαι λύρα (24 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1351-1450
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 60 sup. [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r-1v
Palaeographical information	Transcribed by a later reader. Written in two columns, to be read horizontally. Initial written in red ink.
Contextual information	Written on the first folio of the manuscript, together with other epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Orpheus Psalter
Comment	v. 9 lacks a syllable.
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 532 J. Pitra, 1884, Analecta sacra spicilegio Solesmensi parata (vol. 2), Paris, Tusculum, Venice: 441 Secondary A. Acconcia Longo 2016, Il «Poema» di introduzione del Salterio Vat. gr. 752, in B. Crostini Lappin, G. Peers (eds.), A Book of Psalms from Eleventh-century Byzantium: The Complex of Texts and Images in Vat. Gr. 752, Vatican City, 157-178: 160
Number of verses	24
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis 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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Occurrence 21159 (formerly occ/4892)

Occurrence 21159
(formerly occ/4892)