Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3216
(formerly typ/1348)

	Ἡλιόδωρος γὰρ φιλόσοφος γράψας
	πρὸς τὸν Θεοδόσιον τὸν βασιλέα
	ἀπὸ τῶν φιλοσόφων μυστικῆς τέχνης
	διὰ στίχων ἰάμβων τοῖσδε χρησεῖσθω.

Text source	A. Bandini, 1770, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 3), Florence: 358
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Comment	Text of Bandini (1770: 358) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary C. Zuretti, A. Severyns, 1928, Catalogue des manuscrits alchimiques grecs. Les manuscrits d' Espagne; les manuscrits d'Athènes (vol. 5), Brussels: 21
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[19045] ἠλιοδώρου τοῦ φιλοσόφου γράψας [1526-1575] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Φ.I.11 [1526-1575] (f. 164v) (4 verses) [19521] ἡλιόδωρου γὰρ φιλόσοφου γράψας [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 86, Cod. 16 [1492] (f. 298r) (4 verses)
Related type(s)	[3217] Θεόφραστος φιλόσοφος τάδε φάσκει (3 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [3218] Ἀρχέλαος γὰρ ὁ φιλόσοφος φάσκει (3 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 306: "In Heliodori carmen de arte alchemica"
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