Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2656
(formerly typ/757)

	Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ δεσπότην
	ἄνθρωπε γυμνώθητι παθῶν καὶ δράμε
	ὁ γὰρ ποταμὸς τοῦ προκειμένου Λόγου
	παντὸς μολυσμοῦ τὰς ψυχὰς ἀποπλύνει
	σὺ δ' ὦ θύτ' ἀνάστηθι καὶ λόγον δίδου
	τὸν εύλογητὸν ὡς ἔθος λέγειν θύταις.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader
Comment	The last two verses are later additions, making the text a metrical preface.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 245 A. Kominis, 1988, Πατμιακὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι νέος κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου, Athens: 92 E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 348 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[24429] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ Δεσπότην [1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [01/08/1326-31/08/1326] (f. 259v) (4 verses) [19262] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότην [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 212r) (4 verses) [26034] γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότην [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 113r) (4 verses) [23944] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότ(ην) [1326-1375] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 43 [1326-1375] (f. 30v) (4 verses) [21609] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ δεσπότην [15th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 34 [11th c.] (f. 14v) (6 verses) [25546] Γυμν(ὸν) θεωρῶν τ(ὸν) θ(εὸ)ν καὶ δεσπότην [15th-16th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 363 [15th-16th c.] (f. 383r) (2 verses) display 3 more occurrences (6 in total) hide 3 occurrences (6 in total)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 125: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 39 in s. Lumina"
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