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.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 348
Text status	Text completely known
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 Address to the soul Introduction to the subject Liturgy Praise of the author Prayer Repentance Spiritual value of the book
Comment	The last two verses are later additions, making the text a metrical preface.
Bibliography	Primary 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 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[24429] γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότην [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 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)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(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, 125: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 39 in s. Lumina"
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