Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

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Type 3300
(formerly typ/1437)

	Αἶνον ἄγω σοι θεῖον, ὑπέρτατε ἐν βασιλεῦσιν,
	οὕνεκεν ὀτραλέως περιηγέα βίβλον ἅπασαν
	Δαυΐδου πινυτοῦ περικαλλέος ἐκτολυπεῦσαι
	δῶκας ἐμὴν πανάποτμον ἐν ἀνδράσιν ἔμπα γενέθλην.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Apollinaris (episkopos of Laodikeia < Syria)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	'Laudem ago tibi divinam supreme inter reges, Quoniam diligenter rotundum librum omnem Davidis prudentis formosi describere Dedisti meum infelix, inter viros tamen, genus'. Language Latin Source(s) A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 65
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 65 A. Ludwich, 1912, Apolinarii metaphrasis psalmorum, Leipzig: XXIX G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 238
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24595] Αἶνον ἄγω σοι θεῖον, ὑπέρτατε ἐν βασιλεῦσιν [1304] ANDROS - Mone Hagias (Zoodochou Peges) 6 [1292] (f. 200r) (3 verses) [19167] Αἶνον ἄγω σοι θεῖον ὑπέρτατε ἐν βασιλεῦσιν [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 37 [15th c.] (f. 329v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki, Cristina Cocola, Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 21: "In Apolinarii metaphrasin Psalmorum"
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