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Type 4219
(formerly typ/2334)

	Τέχνη μελουργὸς σοὺς ἀγασθεῖσα κρότους
	πρώτην νέμει σοι τάξιν· ὢ τῆς ἀξίας!
	Ἦχος ὁ πρῶτος μουσικῇ κληθεὶς τέχνῃ
	πρῶτος παρ' ἡμῶν εὐλογείσθω τοῖς λόγοις·
	τὰ πρῶτα, πρῶτε, τῶν καλῶν λαχὼν φέρεις·
	πρωτεῖα νίκης πανταχοῦ πάντων ἔχεις.

Text source	W. Christ, M. Paranikas, 1963, Anthologia graeca carminum christianorum, Hildesheim: CXXII-CXXIII
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theodoros Kyzikenos (episkopos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Eight Tones Music
Tag(s)	Liturgy Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades, Spyridon Lauriotes, 1925, Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts in the Library of the Laura on Mount Athos, Cambridge: 55 L. Sternbach 1900, Analecta Byzantina, Ceské Museum filologické, 6, 291-322: 306-307 1885, Παρακλητική ήτοι Οκτώηχος η Μεγάλη: περιέχουσα άπασαν την ανήκουσαν αυτήν Ακολουθίαν, μετά των εν τω τέλει συνήθων προσθηκών, Rome: 98
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[20462] Τέχνη μελουργὸς σοὺς ἀγασθεῖσα κρότους [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Δ 35 (Eustratiades 411) [13th c.] () (3 verses) [24141] Τέχνη μελουργὸ(ς) σ(οὺς) ἀγασθεῖσα κρότ(ους) [1276-1300] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. XI 31 [1276-1300] (f. 169r) (2 verses)
Related type(s)	[29442] Βίβλου τὸ θαῦμα, συλλογὴ τῶν ᾀσμάτων (8 verses) (Same cycle, Is part of)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin, 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, 726: "Theod. ep. Cyzicenus, In tonum primum"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.

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