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Type 2125
(formerly typ/187)

	Ψαλμῶν τὸ τεῦχος ἐσφραγισμένοις χάρις,
	εὔρυθμος ᾠδὴ καὶ παθοκτόνον μέλος
	ἐχθροῦ πονηρὰν προσβολὴν καταστρέφον·
	Δαυὶδ γὰρ νῦν πάρεστι καὶ λαλεῖ ξένα,
	ἠχεῖ τὰ θεῖα καὶ κροτεῖ παρρησίᾳ,
	ἐν γῇ μελῳδεῖ καὶ συνᾴδει τοῖς ἄνω
	καὶ νοῦν καθαίρει καὶ μεταίρει τῶν κάτω
	καὶ χειραγωγεῖ πρὸς τρίβους σωτηρίας,
	πληροῖ δὲ φωτὸς τὰς φρένας τοῦ κτωμένου
	καὶ προσοικειοῖ τῷ φιλανθρώπῳ λόγῳ.
	Ποιητὰ οὖν μου, λυτρωτὰ καὶ οἰκτίρμον,
	ὃς πάντας ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι θέλεις,
	νοσοῦντα ὁμοῦ τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὸ σῶμα
	ἡ σὴ τάχος με προφθάσοι χάρις, Σῶτερ,
	μακρὰν τὰ πάθη ἐξ ἐμοῦ ποιουμένη.
	Ἀμήν· γένοιτο εἰς ἅπαντά μου χρόνον
	Μιχαὴλ μοναχῷ εὐτελεῖ καὶ ἀλίτρῳ.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 225
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Michael (11th c.) - RGK: I.289, III.472 (alitros, monachos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Tag(s)	Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 16 Bibliography category to be determined S. Mercati 1970, Confessione di fede di Michele Categumeno del monastero fondato da Michele Attaliate, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 609-617: 616 I. Ševčenko 2000, Captions to a David cycle in the tenth-century Oxford Auct. D.4.1, in C. Scholz, G. Makris (eds.), Polypleuros Nous. Miscellanea für Peter Schreiner zu seinem 60. Geburtstag, München, 324-341: 326
Number of verses	17
Occurrence(s)	[17092] Ψαλμῶν το τεύχος ἐσφραγισμέν(ων) χάρις [1087] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088] (f. 24r) (17 verses)
Related type(s)	[3932] Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν Ὀρφέως πάλαι λύρα (24 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [5241] Ψαλμῶν τὸ τεῦχος ἐσφραγισμένοις χάρις (12 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, 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, 875: "Michael mon., In psalterium"
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2125

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