Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3363
(formerly typ/1502)

	Ζῇς μάλα σεμνῶς καὶ τελευτήσας, μάκαρ.
	Ὁ σύννομος γὰρ αὖθις ἐψύχωσέ σε,
	Μονῳδίας ἔντεχνον ἰσχὺν ἐγχέας,
	Ὡς πνεῦμα καὶ πῦρ τῇ σκιᾷ τοῦ λειψάνου.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 350
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
Tag(s)	Doxology Epitaph Monastic conversion Prayer 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 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24415] ζῆς μάλα σεμνῶς, (καὶ) τελευτήσας μάκαρ [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 124r) (4 verses) [19247] ζ(ης) μάλα σεμν(ῶς) (καὶ) τελευτήσ(ας) μάκαρ [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 98r) (4 verses) [26033] ζῆς μάλα σεμνῶς (καὶ) τελευτήσ(ας) μάκαρ [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 69r) (4 verses) [21062] Ζῇς μάλα σεμνῶς καὶ τελευτήσας μάκαρ [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, 284: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianz. orat. 43 in Basilium Magnum"
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