Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6413
(formerly typ/4375)

	Δαυίδ θεόπτα, τὴν θεόφθογγον λύραν
	κρούων, κραδαίνων τὴν ὑφήλιον κτίσιν
	σκότους λύτρωσαι δαιμόνων κακουργίας,
	σύνεσιν πάρασχε τοῖς ψάλλουσί τε
	λιταῖς τῆς πανάγνου Θεομήτορος. Ἀμήν.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 238
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter Theotokos
Tag(s)	Prayer Spiritual value of the book
Comment	The last two lines are metrically faulty.
Bibliography	Primary A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1888, Μαυρογορδάτειος Βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι Γενικὸς περιγραφικὸς κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἀνὰ τὴν Ἀνατολὴν βιβλιοθήκαις εὑρισκομένων ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων, Constantinople: 111
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[24596] Δαυίδ θεόπτα, τὴν θεόφθογγον λύραν [851-900] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 216 (Granstrem 072) [851-900] (f. 348r) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 129: "In psalterium"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.