Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25609
(formerly occ/9639)

	+ τὴν ἀσματοδόψαλμ(ον)σὺνθετον βίβλον
	τὴν \| θἐοβοσκομοψυχώσωστον, θεί(αν) πηξίδα·
	πρὸφητοτ(ερ)\|πνόφθογκον ἔφθασ(εν) στόμα,
	καὶ πνευματοφόρητος ἦ\|σε καρδία·
	τὴν χειροχορδοβροντὸκρουστον ὄντος κι\|νήραν,
	καὶ τὴν μελουργόναυλονκυμβαλονλύρ(αν)· \|
	θέλγουσαν κ(αὶ) πλήττουσαν κ(αὶ) ψάλλουσαν τε,
	τὴν ἀκτινοχρυσο\|φαιδροβροντολαμπροφεγγοφωτοστόλιστον· \|
	ὄντως κ(αὶ) θεί(αν) χερουβικοχάρακτον τἣρει ψαλτήρ(αν):-

Type(s)	[2523] Τὴν ᾀσματῳδοψαλμοσύνθετον βίβλον (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th-15th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 761 [1087]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Palaeographical information	Parpulov (2014: 224): 'manu recentiore'.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the Psalms.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Holy Spirit Music Psalter
Bibliography	Primary G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 224 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 149-150 Secondary K. Demoen 2022, An Aristophanean Epigram on the Psalter, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1381-1386: 1382-1383
Number of verses	9
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Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Pawel Szubert (Google). Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the monk Trifyllios (Monastery of Vatopedi). Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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