Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34165

	Στίχοι ἴαμβοι εἰς τὸ τέλ(ος) τοῦ ψαλτ(η)ρ(ίου)

	<Ἄ>κουε δα(υὶ)δ τοῦ παρ' ἡμῖν ὀρφέως,
	λόγον ἀληθῶς, θεῖον καὶ θεηγόρον
	δέλτος ἀκραιφν(ῶς) πέλω(ν) κελαδισμάτ(ων)
	δα(υὶ)δ τοῦ κλητοῦ προφήτου λελυχία·
	φέρουσα ψαλμ(ῶν) δεκαπέντε δεκάδ(ας),
	<ἑ>ξήκοντά τε κεκτημένη τὰς δόξ(ας),
	καθίσματα δὲ δύο φέρω δεκάδας,
	<ψ>αλμῶν τὸ τεῦχος ἐσφραγισμένοις χάρις,
	κοινὸν ταμιεῖον φαρμάκ(ων) ἀκοσμί(ων),
	<δ>ίκελλα συστρέφουσα βόλους καρδί(ας):-
	Καὶ ῥεῖν ποιοῦσα τήνδε νᾶμα δακρύ(ων), (?)
	εὔρυθμο(ς) ὠδ(ὴ), καὶ παθοκτόν(ων) (?) μέλος:
	ἐχθροῦ πονηραν προ(σ)βολ(ὴν) καταστρέφ(ον)
	καὶ νοῦν χαμερπὴς συγχορεύ(ειν) ἀγγέλ(οις):
	αὐγάζον ὕψη τοῖς ἀΰλοις ἐνθέ(ως),
	<ἔ>ργον γάρ ἐστι τ(ῶν) ἄνω στρατευμάτ(ων):
	ψαλμοῖς γεραίρ(ειν) τὴν ἀκήρατον φύσ(ιν),
	<ἥ>τις τριλαμπ(εῖς) τὰς ὑποστάσ(εις) φέρ(ει):
	πληροῖ δέ φωτὸ(ς) τὰς φρένας τοῦ κτητ(ό)ρο(ς).
	<Θ>είας ὁ δα(υὶ)δ ἐξ επιπνοίας πάλαι:
	<χ>ορδὰς νοητὰς, ψαλμοκινήτους λύρας,
	<π>λήττων, ἐπῆδε πν(εύματο)ς μελωδία(ν):-
	Δι’ ὧν ὁ δαίμ(ων) τ(ὸν) σαοὺλ ἀπο πν(ευμάτων),
	<φ>εύγων ἐδείκνυ σωφρόνουντα τοῖς τρόπ(οις):
	<ἐ>ν αἷς τὸ κρυπτ(ῶν) νοημάτ(ων) βάθος,
	<δ>ύσληπτον ὃν δύσφραστον ἠγνοημ(ενον):
	<π>ολλ(ὴν) παρεῖχε δυσχέρειαν κ(αὶ) πόνον,
	<φ>ῶς το χρυσοῦν κ(αὶ) θεόφθεγκτ(ον) στόμα:
	πλησθὲν νοητ(ῶν) ἐνθεί(ων) χαρισμάτ(ων),
	<ἔ>νευσ(εν) ἠρεύνησεν, νοῦν ἀποκρύφ(οις):
	...λωσεν ἐτράνωσε τοῖς οὐκ ειδόσι,
	<κ>ορῶ (?) δι’ αὐτῶν ἐκδιώκων πνευμάτ(ων):
	<τ>ὰς δυσμεν(εῖς) φάλαγκας κ(αὶ) ψυχοφθόρους,
	<ἣ>ν ὁ γραφ(εὺς) (?) ἐνταῦθα συντάττων πόθ(ος):
	<π>αίσας συνάψ(ας), κ(αὶ) πρὸ(ς) ἓν συναρμώσ(ας),
	τὴν βίβλ(ον) ἐστήλω(...) τήνδε σὺν πόθω:
	<θ>έλγουσαν ἠδύνουσ(αν) ἐν συγγραμμ(ά)τ(ων), (?)
	<τ>έρπουσ(αν) εὐφραινουσ(αν) ἐκ τῶν θαυμ(ά)τ(ων):
	<δ>ιδοῦσ(α) τοῖς λαλοῦσι (καὶ) πονουμένοις,
	<ψ>υχῆς τί κέρδο(ς), συλλέγ(ειν) ἐκ τῆς βιβλου : +

Type(s)	[34166] Ἄκουε Δαβὶδ τοῦ παρ' ἡμῖν Ὀρφέως (40 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1404
Manuscript	OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Cromwell 5 [1404]
Place in Manuscript	p. 441
Person(s)	Scribe Kephas Diogenous of Epirus < Greece (15th c.) - RGK: I.214 - VGH: 109.A - PLP: III.5423 (thytes)
Palaeographical information	The initial letters of each verse are written in red ink, which is hardly visible in the available reproduction. The text is written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Orpheus Psalter Saul
Comment	Coxe (1969: 421) only gives the incipit of the poem.
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 421
Number of verses	40
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Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Maria Tomadaki. Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the Göttingen Septuagint Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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