Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6401
(formerly typ/4361)

	Δαυὶδ μελῳδοῦ τὴν πανέ<ν>τιμον λύραν,
	ἔχουσα<ν> ψαλμοὺς εἰκάδος τὴν πεντάδα
	καὶ τὴν μεθ' ἧς πάλιν τε πεντηκοντάδα,
	κινῶν μελῷδει, καὶ παθῶν ἀποδράσεις.
	Δαυίδ, κίνησον τὴν κιννύραν καὶ λέγε·
	"Γράψαντι, προστάξαντι, Χριστέ μου, σῶσον".

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 231
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Tag(s)	Address to the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[24559] Δαυὶδ μελῳδοῦ τὴν πανέτιμον λύραν [14th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 16 [14th c.] (f. 6r) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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 2011, 208: "In Psalterium"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.