Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6415
(formerly typ/4377)

	Δῶρον Θεοῦ πέφυκεν ἀνθρώποις ξένον
	ἡ τοῦ προφήτου ψαλμικὴ μελῳδία
	μετατρέπουσα τῶν παθῶν τὰ θηρία.
	Ἡ τῶν φρενῶν δὲ ποικίλη κακουργία
	ταύτῃ προσεγγίσασα τῇ συμφωνίᾳ
	ῥᾷον κατεπρήνιξε τὴν ἀταξίαν
	ἱστῶσα τὴν νόησιν εἰς θεωρίαν.
	Ὅς οὖν μετέσχε τῆσδε τῆς εὐγλωττίας
	περιβέβληκε μουσικὴν θυμηδίαν.

Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 238-239
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	9
Occurrence(s)	[20712] Δῶρον θ(εο)ῦ πέφυκ(εν) ἀν(θρώπ)οις ξένον [14th-15th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 1 [14th-15th c.] (f. 18v) (9 verses) [24318] Τοῦ πν(εύματο)ς τὰ θεῖα τόξα (καὶ) βέλη [1351-1450] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 60 sup. [13th c.] (f. 1r) (22 verses) [24597] Δῶρον θεοῦ πέφυκεν ἀνθρώποις ξένον [11th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 358 (Vlad. 47) [11th-12th c.] (f. 33r) (9 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, 159: "In psalterium"
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6415

Last modified: 2026-01-19.