Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22009
(formerly occ/5874)

	+ Στίχοι εἰς τ(ὸ) ψαλτ(ή)ρ(ιον) κ(αὶ) εἰς τ(ὸν) (μον)αχ(ὸν) Βαρνάβ(α) \| κ(αὶ) μέγα οἰκο(νόμον): - \|

	Ἀνὴρ μέγιστος κ(αὶ) μοναχὸ(ς) βαρνάβ(ας):
	οἰκονόμος μέγιστο(ς) ἡγιασμένο(ς)
	κτήμασι τυγχάνουσι ἐν νήσω κυπρω:
	τοῦ π(ατ)ριάρχ(ου) τ(ῆς) σιὼν τ(ῆς) ἁγ(ίας):
	Ὑπερβολϊκὸν τ(ὸν) πόθ(ον) κεκτημ(έν)ο(ς):
	τῶν δαυϊτικῶν κ(αὶ) ψυχοτρόφων λόγ(ων):
	ψαλτήρϊον κάλλιστον ὡραϊσμ(ένον):
	καὶ χρυσολαμπρόμορφον ἠγλαϊσμ(ένον):
	ἔγραψεν ἱστόρησεν εὐσεβοφρόν(ως):
	ἐξ ἀρετῶν γὰρ λαμπρότητος βαρνάβ(ας) ˙\|\|
	ψυχ(ὴν) καθαρθεὶς κ(αὶ) πτερωθεὶς τ(ὰς) φρέν(ας):
	Εἰς ὕψος ἀνέδραμε τῶν νοημ(ά)τ(ων):
	τοῦ ψαλματωδοῦ κ(αὶ) προφητικωτ(ά)του
	ὅθεν παριδὼν ὑλικ(ὰς) φαντασί(ας):
	γέγραφε λαμπρ(ῶς) ψαλμϊκὰς ὑμνωδί(ας):
	ὡς ἀξί(ως) τάξοιτο τοῦτον δεσπότ(ης):
	καὶ συναριθμήσοιτ(ο) μέτροισ ἁγιων: ˙
	ὡς προκρίναντ(α) τῶν χαμερπ(ῶν) πραγμ(ά)τ(ων)
	Ψυχῆς καθαρότητα, (καὶ) \|νοὸς\| κρά\|τος:- +

Type(s)	[5207] Ἀνὴρ μέγιστος καὶ μοναχὸς Βαρνάβας (19 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1151-1200
Manuscript	ATHENS - Mouseio Benaki - Μπ. 68 [1151-1200]
Place in Manuscript	f. 174v-175r
Palaeographical information	The title of the epigram as well as the initial letter of each verse are written in red. The rest is in black ink.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a dedicatory miniature on f. 175v, depicting the patron kneeling before the Theotokos.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Barnabas (12th c.) (monachos) David Psalter
Bibliography	Primary C. Constantinides 1993, Poetic Colophons in Medieval Cypriot Manuscripts, in A. Bryer (ed.), The Sweet Land of Cyprus. papers given at the twenty-fifth jubilee Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1991, Nicosia, 319-380: 327, 351 C. Constantinides, R. Browning, 1993, Dated Greek Manuscripts from Cyprus to the year 1570, Washington: 87 A. Cutler, A. Weyl Carr 1976, The Psalter Benaki 34.3. An unpublished illuminated manuscript from the family 2400, Revue des Études Byzantines, 34, 281-324: 313-314 E. Lappa-Zizica, M. Rizou-Kouroupou, 1991, Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων τοῦ Μουσείου Μπενάκη (10ος-16ος αἰ.), Athens: 56 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 192-195, 633-635 (image: plate LIII-LV) A. Weyl Carr 1982, A Group of Provincial Manuscripts from the Twelfth Century, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 36, 39-81: 68 A. Weyl Carr, 1987, Byzantine illumination, 1150-1250: the study of a provincial tradition, Chicago; London:: 186 display 4 more references (7 in total) hide 4 references (7 in total)
Number of verses	19
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Occurrence 22009 (formerly occ/5874)

Occurrence 22009
(formerly occ/5874)