Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5450
(formerly typ/3499)

	Ὀρφεὺς ἀληθὴς τῆς θεοπνεύστου λύρας
	ταύτης Δαυίδ πέφυκεν ὁ προφητάναξ,
	δι' ἧς τὸ παγκόσμιον ᾆσμα καὶ μέλος
	προῇσε λαμπρῶς τὸν Θεανθρώπου λόγον
	ὡς γραμματεὺς κάλλιστος, ὡς ὀξυγράφος,
	μουσουργὸς ὡς ἄριστος ὡς ὑμνογράφος
	ὡς καλλιγράφος διαθήκης τῆς νέας.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Orpheus
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Bibliography	Primary C. Castellani, 1895, Catalogus codicum graecorum qui in bibliothecam D. Marci Venetiarum inde ab Anno MDCCXL ad haec usque tempora inlati sunt, Venice: 113 E. Mioni, 1967, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Codices in classes a prima usque ad quintam inclusi. Classis I, classis II, codd. 1-120 (vol. 1.1), Rome: 33 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 222
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[22411] ὀρφεύς ἀληθής τῆς θεοπνεύστου λύρας [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. I 27 (= 1398) [14th c.] (f. 3v) (7 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki, 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, 547: "In Davidem"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.