Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3359
(formerly typ/1498)

	Οὐρανόθεν χάλαζα ῥιφεῖσα βρύχει
	Πλὴν τὸν μὲν ἐκ γῆς πάντα καρπὸν συντρίβει
	Ποιεῖ δὲ τὸν νῦν αἰθεοδρόμον λόγον
	Πληγῆς πονηρᾶς ἀντιφάρμακον πόαν

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)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 243 E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 343-344 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 29
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24411] Οὐρανόθεν χάλαζα, ριφθεῖσα, βρύχει [1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [01/08/1326-31/08/1326] (f. 85v) (4 verses) [19242] οὐ(ρα)νόθεν χάλαζα ῥιφεῖσα βρύχει [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 65v) (4 verses) [26243] Οὐ(ρα)νόθ(εν) χάλασα ῥιφεῖσα βρύχει [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 200v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 574: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 16 in plagam grandinis"
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Last modified: 2021-02-04.