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Type 6347
(formerly typ/4302)

	Τέλος κράτιστον ἀρετῶν ψαλμῶν τέλος·
	κράτος γὰρ αὐτῶν τῶν φιλαρέτων κράτος,
	τύπος καλῶν δὲ τῶνδε τυγχάνει τύπος,
	κύκλος τριπλοῦς σοι τῶν σεβασμίων κύκλος
	καὶ πενταπλοῦς οὗτος γε νῦν ὤφθη κύκλος.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 228
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Psalter
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Comment	The epigram also occurs in Par. gr. 1630 (f. 221bisv), where it is part of a small anthology of Psalter epigrams and therefore does not function as a book epigram.
Bibliography	Primary G. Bady 2021, Les vers inédits sur les Psaumes transmis sous le nom de Nicétas Chartophylax, in R. Ceulemans, B. Crostini Lappin (eds.), Receptions of the Bible in Byzantium. Texts, Manuscripts, and their Readers, Uppsala, 207-258: 213
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[20390] τέλος κράτιστον, ἀρετῶν ψαλμῶν τέλος [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 1230 [15th c.] (f. 214v) (5 verses) [24340] τέλο(ς) κράτιστον, ἀρετῶν ψαλμῶν τέλο(ς) [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 60 [13th c.] (f. 6r) (5 verses) [24546] τέλος κράτιστον, ἀρετῶν ψαλμ(ῶν) τέλος [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 43 [14th c.] (f. 195v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Julián Bértola, 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, 264: "In psalterium"
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