Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24516
(formerly occ/8478)

	Οὐκ ἐκράτυνε τὸν προ\|φήτην πορφύρα·
	οὐ παγγέραστον στέμμα κ' εὐώδη \| μύρα·
	ὡς ἡ θεόπνους ἀσμάτων ἡ πλημμύρα· \|
	ψαλμὸς γάρ ἐστιν πνευματέμφορος λύρα·
	ἐφ' ἧ πεποιθ(ὼς) \| πᾶς τις ὡς ἐπ' ἀγγύρα·
	ἔσται γεγηθὼς τέρψη νύθων \| κινύραν·

Type(s)	[6378] Οὐκ ἐκράτυνε τὸν προφήτην πορφύρα (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1419
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 12 [1419]
Place in Manuscript	f. Br
Person(s)	Scribe Matthaios (15th c.) - RGK: II.371 - VGH: 297.K
Contextual information	The epigram is the third in a series of six poems on the Psalter.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10723735c/f6.item.zoom
Bibliography	Primary 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: 173 (n. 73) G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 238
Number of verses	6
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) 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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