Type 4589
(formerly typ/2666)

Τέλος τῶν σεπτῶν καὶ πανάγνων ᾀσμάτων
σύριγγος ἡδύς, δαυϊτικῶν ὀργάνων.
Σάλπιγξ πνευμοκρότητος προφητικῶν χαρισμάτων,
χρηστορητοβροντόφθογγος θείας φωνὰς ἠχοῦσα,
εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνάγουσα ψυχὰς τῷ ταύτης ἤχῳ,
οὐρανοδρόμος τοιγαροῦν πέλει λοιπὸν ὡς θέμις
ἡ πάγκαλος καὶ πάντερπνος θεόπνευστος ψαλτήρα.
ὁ μουσικὸς καὶ εὔλαλος τῆς ἐκκλησίας τέττιξ.
Ἀηδομηλιγυρὰ καὶ καλλικελαδοῦσα
ἡ γητοροφνόφθογγος ὄρνη τῆς ἐκκλησίας,
ἡ πάντοτε προάγουσα καὶ προοδοποιοῦσα
ἔμπροσθεν πάσης τῆς γραφῆς ἐν τε εὐαγγελίοις
καὶ ἀποστόλοις καὶ σεπτοῖς καὶ θείοις ποιηταῖσιν,
ὡς ἑωσφόρος τὸ πρωὶ τὴν ἔκφανσιν μηνύων
ὁ χρυσομαργαρόπλοκος κόσμος τῆς ἐκκλησίας,
ἡ ἐν νυξὶν ἐπισέληνος ταύτης αὐγὴ καὶ ὄρθρος
καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις ἥλιος θερμὸς ἀκτινοβόλος,
ἀστραπηφόρος καυστηρὰ κατὰ πνευμάτων.
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
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Comment The first two verses are dodecasyllables. From line 3 onwards the poem is in politichoi stichoi.

This poem might be the shorter version of a longer epigram, that is preserved in a sixteenth century manuscript (Vindobon. Theol. gr. 325 ff. 4v-5v). According to Hunger (1992: 448), this epigram has 44 verses and the last one reads 'καὶ τὰς εὐχὰς ἐπιμελοῦ σὺν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ'.
Bibliography
Number of verses 18
Occurrence(s) [21101] Τέλος τῶν σεπτῶν καὶ πανάγνων ἀσμάτων [15th c.]
MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana M 54 sup. [11th c.] (f. 508v-509v)
(18 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 722: "In fine psalterii"
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