Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6402
(formerly typ/4362)

	Δαυὶδ μελῳδεῖ καὶ διώκεται πάθη,
	φόρμιγγα κρούει καὶ σοβεῖται κακίας,
	λύραν δὲ κινῶν εὐπρεπῶς τοῖς δακτύλοις
	λῃστὰς νοητοὺς ἐκτρέπει θείῳ σθένει.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 231
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)	Description of an image Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24551] Δαυὶδ μελῳδεῖ καὶ διώκεται πάθη [14th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 16 [14th c.] (f. 6v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Cristina Cocola - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , 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 2005, 208: "In psalterium"
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Last modified: 2021-09-03.