Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3932
(formerly typ/2020)

	Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν Ὀρφέως πάλαι λύρα,
	ἕλληνες ἣν ἔφησαν οἱ μυθογράφοι
	ἅπαντα τοῖς κρούμασιν ἕλκειν ἀθρόως,
	καὶ θαῦμα πάντων μεῖζον εἶναι θαυμάτων,
	τοιοῦτον οὐδὲν ἐτραγῴδησε μέλος,
	οἵους ὁ Δαυὶδ ἐξετράνωσε λόγους·
	πᾶσαν γὰρ ἐξαίρουσι μοῦσαν ὀργάνων,
	σύμφωνον ἐξᾴδουσαν ᾠδὴν ᾀσμάτων.
	Παρῆκεν Ὀρφεὺς καὶ σεσίγηκεν λύρα·
	θέλγει γὰρ οὔτε δένδρα καὶ ζῷα πλάνα,
	Δαυὶδ δὲ νῦν πάρεστι καὶ λαλεῖ ξένα
	καὶ τῇ θεοφθόγγῳ τε μέλπει κινύρᾳ,
	ἠχεῖ τὰ θεῖα καὶ κροτεῖ παρρησίᾳ,
	ἐν γῇ μελῳδεῖ καὶ συνᾴδει τοῖς ἄνω
	καὶ κύκλα παμπόνηρα δαιμόνων τρέπει,
	παύει δὲ τῇ σύριγγι τῆς εὐρυθμίας
	ὡς οἷα δυσκάθεκτα δεινὰ θηρία
	ὁρμὰς παθῶν τε καὶ λογισμοὺς ἀστάτων,
	ἕλκει βροτῶν γένος καὶ πρὸς ὕμνους τρέπει
	καὶ συγχορεύειν ἀγγέλοις ἐπιτρέπει,
	καὶ γὰρ σοφίζει καὶ πλατύνει καρδίαν,
	καὶ νοῦν καθαίρει καὶ μεταίρει τῶν κάτω,
	καὶ ζεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ καταυγάζει φρένα,
	καὶ χειραγωγεῖ πρὸς τρίβους σωτηρίας.

Title(s)	Γεωργίου Ἰαμβεῖα εἰς τὸν θεοπάτορα Δαυίδ
Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 222-223
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Orpheus Psalter
Tag(s)	Polemic Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 622 J. Pitra, 1884, Analecta sacra spicilegio Solesmensi parata (vol. 2), Paris, Tusculum, Venice: 441 Secondary Pinakes (Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes) (last accessed: 2018-02-18). https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/cote/20028/
Number of verses	24
Occurrence(s)	[22317] ἡ μουσικὴ μ(ὲν) ὀρφέ(ως) πάλαι λύρα [1301-1325] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 60 [13th c.] (f. 10r) (24 verses) [20510] ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν ὁρφέως πᾶλαι λύρα [1303] ATHOS - Mone Xenophontos 5 [1303] (f. 197r-197v) (21 verses) [20715] Ἡ μουσικὴ μ(ὲν) ὀρφέως πάλαι λύρα [14th-15th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 1 [15th c.] (f. 18v-19r) (24 verses) [24530] ο μουσικὴ μ(ὲν) ὁρφέως πάλαι λύραν [1116] MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 117 [1115-1116] (f. 239r) (24 verses) [21159] Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν ὀσφέως πάλαι λύρα [1351-1450] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 60 sup. [13th c.] (f. 1r-1v) (24 verses) [24531] Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν Ὁρφέως πάλαι λύρα [1076-1100] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 358 (Vlad. 47) [11th-12th c.] (f. 33r-33v) (24 verses) [19946] Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν ὀρφεως πᾶλαι λύρα [951] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. D. 4.1 [951] (f. 35r) (24 verses) [17364] Ἡ μουσι(κὴ) μὲν ὀρφέως λύρα [1087] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088] (f. 281v-282r) (24 verses) display 5 more occurrences (8 in total) hide 5 occurrences (8 in total)
Related type(s)	[2125] Ψαλμῶν τὸ τεῦχος ἐσφραγισμένοις χάρις (17 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	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, 311: "In Davidem"
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Type 3932 (formerly typ/2020)

Type 3932
(formerly typ/2020)