Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2126
(formerly typ/188)

	Ψάλτιξ ἔναρθρος μυστικῆς μελῳδίας
	φέρουσα τῷ γράψαντι φέρτατον κλέος,
	τῷ δ' ἀναγινώσκοντι ὄφελος μέγα,
	σωτήριον χάριν τε τῷ κεκτημένῳ,
	ἑξήκοντα μὲν κεκτημένη τὰς δόξας,
	καθίσματα δὲ δύο δεκάδας φέρει.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 218
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Music Psalter
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	Cithara articulata mysticae melodiae ferens scriptori maximam laudem, lectori vero utilitatem magnam animae, possessori vero gratiam, Sexaginta habens glorias, Sectiones vero viginti continet. Language Latin Source(s) I. Hardt, 1806, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCXXXIV-CCCXLVII continens (vol. 3), Munich: 53
Comment	The epigram is also to be found in the 16th-century manuscript München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek gr. 252 (f. 221r).
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 276 I. Hardt, 1806, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCXXXIV-CCCXLVII continens (vol. 3), Munich: 53 K. Krumbacher 1910, Κτήτωρ. Ein lexikographischer Versuch, Indogermanische Forschungen (IF), 25, 393-421: 398 G. Pasini, A. Rivautella, F. Berta, 1749, Codices manuscripti Bibliothecae Regii Taurinensis Athenaei, Turin: 174 P. Sotiroudis, 1998, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Ἰβήρων. Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων. 1-100 (vol. 1), Athos: 28
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[16956] Ψάλτιξ ἔναθρος μυστικῆς μελ (...) [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 17 [11th c.] (f. 278v) (5 verses) [19857] Ψάλτιξ ἔναρθρος μυστικῆς μελῳδίας [15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 160 [15th c.] (f. 454r) (6 verses) [21932] Ψάλτιξ ἔναρθρος μυστικῆς μελωδίας [April 1049] TURIN - Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria B. I. 22 (Pasini 79) [April 1049] (f. 308v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki, Lotte van Olmen, Renaat Meesters, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 875: "In psalterium" Vassis ICB 2011, 278: "In psalterium"
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