Type 36781

Ψυχῆς ἐπάρας ὄμματα πρὸς δεσπότην
τοὺς οὐρανοὺς οἰκοῦντα, τοῦτον ἐν τάχει
ἕξεις βοηθόν, ψαλμὸς οὗτός σοι λέγει.
Text source 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: 249
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s)
Person(s)
Poet
Niketas (12th c.) (chartophylax of Hagia Sophia < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, metropolites of Thessaloniki < Central Macedonia < Greece)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Psalter
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Si tu lèves les yeux de l’âme vers le Maître
qui habite les cieux, tu l’auras qui viendra vite
à ton secours : ce psaume te le dit.
Language
French
Source(s)
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: 248
Comment On the authorship of this cycle of poems, see Bady (2021: 221-223).
The epigram also occurs in Par. gr. 1630 (f. 221v), where it does not function as a book epigram.
Bibliography
Number of verses 3
Occurrence(s) [36783] ψυχ(...) επαρ(...) ομμα(...) προ(...) δεσπ(...) [13th c.]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088] (f. 218v)
(3 verses)
Related type(s)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 875: "Nicetas Chartophylax, In Psalmos"
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