Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2090
(formerly typ/161)

Τὸν δεσπότην ὕψωσον ἡ κτιστῶν φύσις.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 522
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Division of the book Reference to content of the book Title
Translation(s)	Den Herrn erhöhe, Natur der Geschöpfe! Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 522
Comment	Metrical title to the eight Ode. Belongs to an 'other set of headings' for the Odes that Mearns describes as 'much less usual' (1914: 13). The verse is also preserved in Par. gr. 1630 (f. 221bisv), where it does not function as a book epigram.
Bibliography	Primary G. Bady 2021, Les vers inédits sur les Psaumes transmis sous le nom de Nicétas Chartophylax, in R. Ceulemans, B. Crostini Lappin (eds.), Receptions of the Bible in Byzantium. Texts, Manuscripts, and their Readers, Uppsala, 207-258: 214 A. Cutler, 1984, The Aristocratic Psalters in Byzantium, Paris: 96 S. Der Nersessian 1965, A Psalter and New Testament Manuscript at Dumbarton Oaks, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 19, 153-183: 159 T. Gaisford, 1812, Catalogus sive notitia manusciptorum qui a cel. E.D. Clarke compariti in Bibliotheca Bodleiana adversantur (vol. 1), Oxford: 61 J. Mearns, 1914, The Canticles of the Christian Church Eastern and Western in Early and Medieval Times, Cambridge: 13 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 246 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total)
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[17035] τὸν δεσπότην ὕψωσεν ἡ κτιστῶν φύσις [1078] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 15 [1078] (f. 248r) (1 verse) [17538] τὸν δεσπότην ὕψωσον ἡ κτιστ(ῶν) φύσις [1084] WASHINGTON D.C. - Dumbarton Oaks 3 [1084] (f. 80r) (1 verse) [22695] Τὸν δεσπότην ὕμνησον ἡ κτιστὴ φύσις [1293] WEIMAR - Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Q 79a [1293] (f. 79r) (1 verse)
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Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, US32(3) Vassis ICB 2005, 773: "Odae inscriptio"
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