Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3357
(formerly typ/1496)

	Ἔδειξε Γρηγόριος ἐκ τοῦ νῦν λόγου
	τὴν τοῦ φίλου πρέπουσαν εἰς φίλον σχέσιν
	τῷ γὰρ ἀδελφῷ τοῦ Βασιλείου τάδε
	σοφῶς δι᾽ αὐτὸν ὡς τροφὴν καταρτύει.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 342
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia)
Tag(s)	Dedication Entreaty for a third person Introduction to the subject Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 243 S. Eustratiades 1919, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 3, 624-639: 561 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24409] ἐδειξε γρηγόριος ἐκ τ(οῦ) νῦν λόγου [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 80r) (4 verses) [19240] ἔδειξε γρηγόριος ἐκ τοῦ νῦν λόγου [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 60r) (4 verses) [26226] Ἔδειξε γρηγόριος ἐκ τοῦ νῦν λόγου [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 148r) (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, 170: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 11 ad Greg. Nyssenum"
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