Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4471
(formerly typ/2575)

	Δαυίδ, ὁπλισθεὶς τῆς τριάδος τὴν χάριν
	λίθοις τε τρισὶ καὶ τῇ μικρᾷ σφενδόνι,
	Γολιὰθ τὸν ἀλλόφυλον καὶ ξιφηφόρον
	αὖθις ἀναιρεῖ καὶ κατασφάττει τάχος.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 236
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Goliath
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Praise of the author
Bibliography	Primary A. Weyl Carr 1982, A Group of Provincial Manuscripts from the Twelfth Century, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 36, 39-81: 74
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[20929] δα(υὶ)δ ὁπλισθεὶς τῆς τριάδος \| τὴν χάριν [11th-12th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 40753 [11th-12th c.] (f. 145r) (4 verses)
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, 130: "In Davidem"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4471

Last modified: 2021-09-21.