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Type 5430
(formerly typ/3477)

	Ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγον
	Δαυὶδ διώκει τῇ βοῇ τῆς κινύρας,
	οὕτως γε καὶ νῦν ἡ φάλαγξ τῶν δαιμόνων
	τὸ ψαλμικὸν μέλπουσιν ἡμῖν πυκτίον
	τῇ σῇ κελεύσει, Χριστέ, πόρρω φευγέτω,
	ὅπως δι' αὐτοῦ ὕμνον ἐν μελῳδίαις
	σοὶ προσφέρωμεν ὡς θεῷ καθ' ἡμέραν.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 216
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Music Psalter Saul
Tag(s)	Prayer Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	3 οὕτως ] οὕτω Hörandner (1996:116) 6 δι' αὐτοῦ ὕμνον ] διὰ τοῦ ὕμνου Hörandner (1996:116) 7 προσφέρωμεν ] προσφέρομεν Hörandner (1996:116)
Bibliography	Primary W. Hörandner 1996, Nugae epigrammaticae, in C. Constantinides, N. Panagiotakis, E. Jeffreys, A. Angelou (eds.), Philellēn: Studies in Honour of Robert Browning, Venice, 107-116: 116
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[24322] Ὥσπερ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τ(ὸν) \| σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγον [1101-1150] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 65 [1101-1150] (f. 10r-10v) (7 verses) [22325] Ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸν Σαοὺλ τὸ συμπνίγον [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Hagiou Panteleemonos 33 [11th c.] (f. 252v) (7 verses) [20714] Ὥσπερ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τὸν σαοὺλ τὸ συμπνῆγον [14th-15th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 1 [14th-15th c.] (f. 18v) (7 verses) [24321] ὥσπερ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τὸν σαοῦλ τὸ συμπτίγο(ν) [1116] MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 117 [1116] (f. 238v-239r) (7 verses) [21158] Ὥσπερ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τὸν σαοὺλ τὸ συμπνίγον [1351-1450] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 60 sup. [13th c.] (f. 1r) (7 verses) [21093] Ὥσπερ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τὸν σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγον [11th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana M 15 sup. [11th-15th c.] (f. 6r) (7 verses) [24325] Ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγον [11th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 358 (Vlad. 47) [11th-12th c.] (f. 33r) (7 verses) [24319] Ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγον [951] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. D. 4.1 [951] (f. 38r) (6 verses) [24326] ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ σαοὺλ \| τὸ συμπνίγον [1419] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 12 [1419] (f. Br-Bv) (7 verses) [24323] ὥσπερ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τ(ὸν) σαοῦλ τὸ συμπνίγ(ον) [12th-13th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 22 [10th c.] (f. 2v) (7 verses) [26458] Ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸν Σαοὺλ τὸ... [11th c.] ZAVORDA - Mone tou Hagiou Nikanoros 10 [11th c.] (f. 1r) (3 verses) display 8 more occurrences (11 in total) hide 8 occurrences (11 in total)
Related type(s)	[2151] Ὥσπερ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸν Σαοὺλ τὸ συμπνίγον (7 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki, Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, 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, 906: "In psalterium" Vassis ICB 2011, 281: "In psalterium"
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