Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3939
(formerly typ/2026)

	Ψαλτήριον τήρησον, ὦ ψυχή, πόθῳ·
	τῆς γὰρ μερίμνης ἄξονας κατατρίβει,
	νέμον λογισμοῖς ἤρεμον ζῳουχίαν.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 237
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Psalter
Tag(s)	Address to the soul
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 623
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[24589] Ψαλτήριον τήρησον, ὦ ψυχή, πόθῳ [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 60 [13th c.] (f. 228r) (3 verses) [19953] ψαλτήριον τήρησον ὦ ψυχὴ πόθῳ [951] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. D. 4.1 [951] (f. 300r) (3 verses) [24588] Ψαλτήριον τήρησον, ὦ ψυχή, πόθῳ [878] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 216 (Granstrem 072) [851-900] (f. 337r-337v) (3 verses) [27045] μεγαλῆον ὕμνησον ὦ ψυχὴ πόθω [13th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 189 [13th c.] (f. 153r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Cristina Cocola 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: "In psalterium"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.