Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 36882

	Ἐπωφελὴς μέθοδος ἡ τοῦ Κορώνη,
	κρατημάτων φέρουσα χειρονομίας
	εἰς ἦχον τερπνὸν τοῦ πλαγίου δευτέρου
	καὶ νενανῶ δέματος ἠκριβωμένου·
	ἥδυστον γὰρ τοῦ νενανῶ τὸ μέλος,
	ὡς ἡ τέχνη δείκνυσι τῆς μελουργίας·
	τὰ γὰρ ἄλλα δέματα τῶν ὀκτὼ ἤχων
	(τοῦ πρώτου, φημὴ, καὶ καθεξῆς τῶν ἄλλων)
	δένουσι καὶ λύουσιν ἐντέχνως πάνυ,
	τὴν μεταβολὴν ὡς ἐν βραχὺ δεικνύντες·
	τὸ δὲ νενανῶ ἐκτεταμένον μέλος
	ὑπὲρ τῶν ὀκτὼ ἔνατος ἦχος πέλει.

Text source	G. Stathis, 1976, Ἅγιον Ὄρος (vol. 2), Athens: 704
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Person(s)	Poet Ioannes Kladas (14th c. - 15th c.) - PLP: V.11739 (Lampadarios)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Eight Tones Music Orthros Xenos Koronis (1301-1350) - PLP: VI.13243
Tag(s)	Division of the book Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Comment	The poem appears in other eighteenth-century manuscripts, cf. Chatzopoulou (2017: 195-196).
Bibliography	Primary I. Liakos, S. Mazera 2013, Metodele de predare a muzicii bisericești – arta psaltică (secolele X‐XIX), Lucrări de muzicologie, 28, 38-56: 50 Secondary V. Chatzopoulou, 2017, A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the Benaki Museum in Athens (16th-20th cent.), Athens: 195-196
Number of verses	12
Occurrence(s)	[36881] Ἐπωφελὴς μέθοδος ἡ τοῦ Κορώνη [1451-1500] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 570 [1451-1500] (f. 103v) (12 verses)
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 250: "Ioann. Cladas, In Xenum Coronem protopsalten"
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