Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24456
(formerly occ/8417)

	Λύρης θειοκρότου μελιηδέος εὔ\|λαλος ἠχῶ·
	ἱμερόεν κελαδοῦ\|σα. βροτοκτόνα πήματα λύει· \|
	βριαρὰ δαιμονίων ψυχοκτόνα \| φύλα διώκει·
	ἄχθει μοχθίζοντ(ας) \| ὀλεθροτόκων μελεδώνων·
	νοῦν (?) \| τε βυθιζομένους. πολυπλανέος· \| ἄλγεσι κόσμου
	ἰᾶται βίβλο(ς) ἧδε· \| θεόπνοον ἇσμα προφήτου· \|
	οὐ(ρα)νίων άρετ(ῶν) διδάσκαλο(ς) ἔπλετο· \| δα(υὶ)δ·
	σωφρόνω ὄντι νὀω· θεο\|τερπέα ὕμνον ἀείσας:

Type(s)	[6367] Λύρης θειοκρότου μελιηδέος εὔλαλος ἠχὼ (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	LONDON - British Library - Harley 5533 [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 165v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is immediately followed by another epigram, inc. 'Τὴν ἀσματοδοψαλμοσύνθετ(ον) βίβλ(ον)·'.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Image source(s)	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_5533_f165v
Bibliography	Primary G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 227-228
Number of verses	8
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos, 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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