Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6378
(formerly typ/4340)

	Οὐκ ἐκράτυνε τὸν προφήτην πορφύρα,
	οὐ παγγέραστον στέμμα κ' εὐώδη μύρα,
	ὡς ἡ θεόπνους ᾀσμάτων ἡ πλημμύρα·
	ψαλμὸς γάρ ἐστιν πνευματέμφορος λύρα,
	ἐφ' ᾗ πεποιθὼς πᾶς τις, ὡς ἐπ' ἀγκύρᾳ,
	ἔσται γεγηθὼς τερψιθύμῳ κινύρᾳ.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 238
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[24516] Οὐκ ἐκράτυνε τὸν προ\|φήτην πορφύρα [1419] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 12 [1419] (f. Br) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2011, 248: "In psalterium"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6378

Last modified: 2021-09-03.