Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3353
(formerly typ/1492)

	Ἔλυσε μὲν τὴν γλῶτταν ἡ προθυμία,
	ἥνωσε δ᾽ εὐθὺς τῶν μοναστῶν τὴν στάσιν
	τὰ τοῦ λόγου σφίγματα τοῦ προκειμένου,
	μή που τι δεινὸν καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἔθνος πάθῃ.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 341
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Church Fathers Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/ Law Prophet(s)
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Entreaty for a third person Monastic conversion Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24403] ἔλυσε μὲν τ(ὴν) γλῶτταν, ἡ προθυμία [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 55r) (4 verses) [19235] ἔλυσε μ(ὲν) τ(ὴν) γλῶτταν ἡ προθυμία [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 45r) (4 verses) [22618] Ἔλυσε μὲν τὴν γλῶτταν ἡ προθυμί(α) [14th-15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 74 [11th c.] (f. 58r) (4 verses)
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, 220: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 6 de pace I"
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