Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3361
(formerly typ/1500)

	Τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλείων φόρων
	Ὁ Γρήγορος νοῦς δεξιοῦται τῷ λόγῳ,
	Καὶ τοὺς φόρους τίθησι μετριωτέρους
	Εὐσπλαγχνίας πλάστιγγας αὐτῷ ῥυθμίσας.

Text source	A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 243
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-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)	Introduction to the subject Polemic Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Comment	Note the pun on the praised author in the second verse.
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades 1919, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 3, 624-639: 561 E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 344 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24413] τὸν ἐξ(...)σωτὴν τῶν βασιλεί(ων) φόρων [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 113r) (4 verses) [19244] τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλεί(ων) φόρων [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 88r) (4 verses) [26030] Τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλεί(ων) φόρ(ων) [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 52r) (4 verses) [21059] Τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλείων φόρων [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 37 [13th c.] () (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, 775: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 19 ad Iulianum exaequatorem"
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