Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4931
(formerly typ/2990)

	Ἤχων σφραγίς, τέταρτε, σὺ τῶν πλαγίων,
	ὡς ἐν σεαυτῷ πᾶν καλὸν μέλος φέρων.
	Ἀνευρύνεις σὺ τοὺς κρότους τῶν ᾀσμάτων,
	ἤχων κορωνίς, ὡς ὑπάρχων καὶ τέλος·
	ὡς ἀκρὸν ἐν φθόγγοις τε καὶ φωνῶν στάσει,
	ἀκρόν σε φωνῆς δὶς καλῶ σε καὶ τέλος.

Text source	W. von Christ, M. Paranikas, 1963, Anthologia graeca carminum christianorum, Hildesheim: CXXIV-CXXIII
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theodoros Kyzikenos (episkopos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Eight Tones Music
Tag(s)	Liturgy Reference to content of the book
Comment	Text of Christ-Paranikas (1963: CXXIII) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary L. Sternbach 1900, Analecta Byzantina, Ceské Museum filologické, 6, 291-322: 307 1885, Παρακλητική ήτοι Οκτώηχος η Μεγάλη: περιέχουσα άπασαν την ανήκουσαν αυτήν Ακολουθίαν, μετά των εν τω τέλει συνήθων προσθηκών, Rome: 705
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[21620] Ἤχων σφραγὶς τέταρτε σὺ τῶν πλαγίων [12th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 54 [12th c.] (f. 197v) (6 verses) [24160] ἤχων σφραγὶς τέταρτε σὺ τῶν πλαγίων [1276-1300] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. XI 31 [1276-1300] (f. 193r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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, 326: "Theod. ep. Cyzicenus, In tonum obliquum quartum"
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Last modified: 2021-09-03.