Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2457
(formerly typ/533)

	Εἴ τις Λατίνοις ἰσχυρὰ πέμπειν βέλη,
	καὶ συλλογισμοὺς φιλονικίας πάσης,
	ἀνατρέπειν βούλοιτο ῥᾷστα σὺν τάχει,
	οἷς πρὸς τὸ θεῖον ἐξ ἀσυνέτου τρόπου,
	χρῆσθαι φιλοῦσι διαλλεκτικῆ τέχνη
	τοὺς εἰς ἐκείνους ὠδὶ συντεταγμένους,
	παρὰ σοφοῦ τοῦ Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Λατίνου,
	διελθέτω μάλλιστα σὺν προθυμία
	καὶ γνοῦς ἐντεχνῶς τὴν δύναμιν τῶν λόγων,
	τὴν τῆς προνοίας ὑπερυμνείτω χάριν,
	ἀνθ᾽ ὧν Λατίνων ἐκ φυλῆς παρηγμένος
	ὁ κατ᾽ ἐκείνων συγγεγραφὼς ταῦτ᾽ ἔνι.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Barlaam of Seminara < Calabria < Southern Italy < Italy (1290 - 1348) - PLP: II.2284 (monachos)
Tag(s)	Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined C. Giannelli, 1961, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1684-1744 (vol. 6), Vatican City: 86
Number of verses	12
Occurrence(s)	[26431] Εἴ τις λατίνοις ἰσχυρὰ πέμπειν βέλη [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1278 [15th c.] (f. 29v) (12 verses) [21627] Εἴ τις Λατίνοις ἰσχυρὰ πέμπειν βέλη [15th c.] PATRAS - Mone Omplou 1 [15th c.] (f. 159r) (2 verses) [17937] Εεἰ τις λατίνοις ἰσχυρὰ πέμπειν βέλη [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1717 [15th c.] (f. 1v) (12 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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, 202: "In Barlaami Calabri opusculum de unione ecclesiarum"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2457

Last modified: 2019-05-31.