Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2847
(formerly typ/945)

	Δαβιτικὴ πέφυκε δέλτος ᾀσμάτων,
	φέρουσα τῷ γράψαντι φέρτατον κλέος
	θεόγραπτον χάριν δὲ τῷ κεκτημένῳ·
	δέχου τὸ τεῦχος, ἀρετῇ τοῖς ἐνθέοις,
	χειρὶ γραφὲν ἁμαρτωλοῦ παπᾶ τοῦ Ὑαλέα.

Text source	P. Papageorgiou 1894, Αἱ Σέρραι καὶ τὰ προάστεια, τὰ περὶ τὰς Σέρρας καὶ ἡ μονὴ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 3, 225-329: 320
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book Dedication Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Critical Notes	The text of the type combines Papagrorgiou's and Euangelatou-Notara's ones. Papageorgiou (1894: 320): 3 θεόγραπτον χάριν δὲ τῷ κεκτημένῳ· 4 δέχου τὸ τεῦχος, ἀρετῇ τοῖς ἐνθέοις 5 χειρὶ γραφὲν ἁμαρτωλοῦ παπᾶ τοῦ Ὑαλέα Euangelatou-Notara (1984: 111) provides the following variant readings, in comparison with Papageorgiou: 1 Δαβιτικὴ πέφυκε ] Δαβϊτικῆ πέφηκε scr. \| ᾀσμάτων ] ἀσμάτων scr. 2 τῷ ] τῶ tent. 3 θεόγραπτον ] θεὄγραπτον scr. \| ῥ᾽ ἦν ] ρην ms., ρ' ἦν tent. \| καὶ ] om., (δὲ) suppl. \| τῷ κεκτημένῳ ] τό κεκτημένω ms., τῶ tent. 4 χοὗ τὸ τεῦχος, ἀρετῇ τοῖς ] (δέ)χου τό τεύχος ἀρετῆ τῆς scr. 5 χειρὶ γραφὲν ἁμαρτωλοῦ ] χειρί γραφέντι ἁμαρτωλω scr. \| τοῦ Ὑαλέα] τό ms., τῷ tent., Υἀλέα scr.
Comment	Text source Papageorgiou (1894: 230) modified by DBBE. Verse 3 has been reconstructed in analogy to Type 4568. Verse 4 follows after Euangelatou-Notara (1984: 111), as well as the line separation between verses 4 and 5.
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara 1983, Ἕλληνες γραφεῖς τοῦ 13ου αἰῶνα: Προσθῆκες καὶ διορθώσεις στὸ Εὑρετήριο τῶν Vogel-Gardthausen, Δίπτυχα Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν καὶ Μεταβυζαντινῶν Μελετῶν, 3, 184-239: 238 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 111 J. Sajdak 1919, Ioannis Geometrae carmen, Eos: Commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum, 24, 43-44: 43
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[18525] Δαβϊτικῆ πέφηκε δέλτος ἀσμάτων [1281] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 2531 [01/04/1281-30/04/1281] (f. 104v) (5 verses)
Related type(s)	[4568] Δαυιτικὴ πέφυκα δέλτος ᾀσμάτων (6 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [5272] Δαυιτικῶν πέφυκα δέλτος ᾀσμάτων (4 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 132: "Librarii subscr. in psalterium"
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