Type 4571
(formerly typ/2649)
| Δαυὶδ μελῳδὲ μουσικῆς ἀποκρύφου, | |
| σὺ μὲν δι’ αὐτῶν καὶ θανὼν ζῇς τῶν λόγων· | |
| ἡμῖν δὲ τὴν σὴν ἐμμελῆ δίδως λύραν, | |
| ἧς ἐστιν εὑρεῖν ἐμμελῆ τὰ πρακτέα. | |
| Καὶ γὰρ δι’ αὐτῆς μυστικῶς κινουμένης | |
| διώκεται μὲν ἐμπαθὴς πᾶσα φθίσις, | |
| ἐλαύνεται δὲ δυσχερὴς ἅπας πόνος· | |
| συστέλλεται δὲ συμφορῶν ἀπληστία· | |
| κοιμίζεται δὲ γνωστικῆς ἅλμης κλύδων, | |
| στηρίζεται δὲ τῶν παθῶν ἡ στερρότης· | |
| καὶ τέρπεται μὲν τῆς ψυχῆς ἡ σεμνότης, | |
| ἐλέγχεται δὲ τοῦ Σατὰν ἡ φαυλότης | |
| ἐκ τῆς νοητῆς τῶν μελῶν εὐρυθμίας. | |
| Ὠ τίς τοσαύτην εὗρεν ἀνθρώπων χάριν, | |
| εἰ μὴ σὺ τὴν πρέπουσαν ἀνθρώποις χάριν; |
| Title(s) | Στίχοι ἴαμβοι, εἰς τὸ τοῦ Δαυὶδ ψαλτήριον |
| Text source | G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 222 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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| Comment | Legrand (1885: 22-24) refers to 'Bibliothèque nationale de Paris, B 146 Réserve', which is a printed edition from ca. 1494 or 1498. The epigram is also to be found in the 16th-century manuscript Istanbul, Patr. Bibl. Panaghia 71 (a. 1506, f. 244r). The attribution to Manuel Philes in uncertain. It is based on Miller (1857: 353-354 n. 4): 'Psalterii graeci Venetiis circa annum 1495 impressi extremam paginam hi claudunt versus sine nomine auctoris; sed facile agnoscas Manuelem Philem cui restituendi sunt'. |
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| Number of verses | 15 |
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| Related type(s) | [33712] Δαυὶδ μουσικὲ μελῳδὲ καὶ προφῆτα (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) |
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Contributor(s)
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 psalterium" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4571 |
Last modified: 2021-11-18.
