Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3628
(formerly typ/1730)

	Κινῶν ὁ Δαυὶδ ἐμμελῶς τὴν κινύραν
	τὸ τὸν Σαοὺλ ἔφευγε πνεῦμα συστρέφον·
	ᾄδοντες ἡμεῖς ψαλμικωτάτους λόγους
	ἐχθρῶν νοητῶν συμπατοῦμεν τὰς κάρας.
	Καὶ τῷ τάδε γράψαντι τῶν ὀφλημάτων
	λύσιν παράσχου, δημιουργὲ τῶν ὅλων.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 221
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter Saul
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Entreaty for first person Prayer Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	But David, stirring melodiously his lyre, escaped the demon torturing Saul. We, singing the lofty phrases of the Psalms, trample the heads of the enemies within our minds. Language English Source(s) E. De Wald, 1942, The Illustrations in the Manuscripts of the Septuagint. Psalms and Odes. Part Two: Vaticanus graecus 752 (vol. 3.2), Princeton: xii Comment Partial translation (vv. 1-4) Col suono melodioso della cetra, David sfuggì allo spirito che avvolgeva Saul: noi, cantando le parole dei Salmi, insieme calpestiamo le teste dei nemici spirituali. Language Italian Source(s) A. Acconcia Longo 2016, Il «Poema» di introduzione del Salterio Vat. gr. 752, in B. Crostini Lappin, G. Peers (eds.), A Book of Psalms from Eleventh-century Byzantium: The Complex of Texts and Images in Vat. Gr. 752, Vatican City, 157-178: 177 Comment Partial translation (vv. 1-4)
Comment	Text of Parpulov (2014: 221) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary A. Acconcia Longo 2016, Il «Poema» di introduzione del Salterio Vat. gr. 752, in B. Crostini Lappin, G. Peers (eds.), A Book of Psalms from Eleventh-century Byzantium: The Complex of Texts and Images in Vat. Gr. 752, Vatican City, 157-178: 169-171, 176 E. De Wald, 1942, The Illustrations in the Manuscripts of the Septuagint. Psalms and Odes. Part Two: Vaticanus graecus 752 (vol. 3.2), Princeton: xii I. Hutter, 1993, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Christ Church (vol. 4), Stuttgart: 60 I. Kalavrezou, N. Trahoulia, S. Sabar 1993, Critique of the Emperor in the Vatican Psalter gr. 752, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 47, 195-219: 196 G. Kitchin, 1867, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses adservantur, Oxford: 22 A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1891, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Saint-Petersburg: 132 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total) Secondary A. Acconcia Longo 2016, Il «Poema» di introduzione del Salterio Vat. gr. 752, in B. Crostini Lappin, G. Peers (eds.), A Book of Psalms from Eleventh-century Byzantium: The Complex of Texts and Images in Vat. Gr. 752, Vatican City, 157-178: 167
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[16980] ὁ πάντα κόσμον ἐν λόγω κτίσας πάλ(ιν) [01/09/1053-31/08/1054] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghiou Taphou 53 [01/09/1053-31/08/1054] (f. 13r-14r) (22 verses) [19553] Κινῶν ὁ Δα(υι)δ ἐμμελῶς τ(ὴν) κινύραν [1101-1125] OXFORD - Christ Church College 42 [1101-1125] (f. 253r-253v) (6 verses) [17485] ὁ πάντα κόσμον ἐν \| λόγω κτίσας πάλιν [1058] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 752 [1058-1059] (f. 17r-17v) (22 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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, 406: "Librarii subscr." Vassis ICB 2011, 233: "In psalterium"
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