Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2893
(formerly typ/992)

	Δαυὶδ μελωδεῖ καὶ σοβεῖ πάσαν πλάνην,
	ᾄδει τὸν ὕμνον καὶ κατευνάζει πάθη·
	ὕμνος γάρ ἐστιν ἀγγέλων μελωδία,
	ὅλην καθαίρων ψυχικῶν ἐξ ὀμμάτων,
	δι᾽ ὧν βλέπει τὶς τὰς ἀειζώους τρίβους,
	ὅθεν καὶ τῷ γράψαντι φέρπαται κλέος,
	θεόγραφον χάριν δὲ τῷ κεκτημένῳ,
	τῷ τληπαθεῖ τρισάθλῳ τῷ Κωνσταντίνῳ,
	Σουλὴ τῷ Φιλάδελφω ἀπὸ Πτολεμαΐδα.
	Καὶ οἱ μανθάνουσι εὐκλεεῖ τὴν καρδίαν
	καὶ τοῖς βλέπουσι ἐνθεεστάτους νόας
	ψάλλουσι δ᾽ ᾆσμα πνεύματος χορηγίαν.
	Χριστὸς προλάμπει τοῦδε τοῦ ψαλτηρίου
	καὶ τοῖς ἐπισκέπτουσιν κιχρᾷ τὴν χάριν.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Tag(s)	Colophon Dedication Prayer
Comment	The first five lines of this colophon appear also elsewhere as a book epigram accompanying the Psalms.
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 207 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 220
Number of verses	14
Occurrence(s)	[18583] δα(υὶ)δ με\|λωδεῖ καὶ σοβεῖ πάσαν πλάνην [1303] ATHOS - Mone Xenophontos 5 [1303] (f. 196v-197r) (12 verses)
Related type(s)	[6351] Δαυὶδ μελῳδεῖ καὶ σοβεῖ πάσαν πλάνην (5 verses) (Is part of) [4568] Δαυιτικὴ πέφυκα δέλτος ᾀσμάτων (6 verses) (Is part of)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Cristina Cocola, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 825: "Librarii subscr."
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2893

Last modified: 2026-01-19.