Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3365
(formerly typ/1504)

	Ἀθανάσιε, τάχα καὶ ζῇς, καὶ πνέεις
	ὡς οὐ παρελθὼν τὸν βραχὺν τοῦτον χρόνον
	ἀθάνατον γὰρ πανταχοῦ σε δεικνύων
	ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς τόνδε σοι πνεῖ τὸν λόγον.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 345
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)	Athanasios of Alexandria < Egypt (saint) (295 - 02/05/373) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Epitaph Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 244 A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 348 J. Migne, 1858, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 36), Paris: 936 A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1894, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 2), Saint-Petersburg: 409 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24417] ἀθανάσιε τάχα (καὶ) ζῆς καὶ πνέεις [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 170v) (4 verses) [19249] Ἀθανάσιε. τάχα (καὶ) ζῆς (καὶ) πνέεις [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 136v) (4 verses) [26227] ἀθανάσιε τάχα καὶ ζῆς καὶ πνέεις [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 151v) (4 verses) [24955] Ἀθανάσιε, τάχα καὶ ζῇς καὶ πνέεις [13th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 37 [13th c.] () (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Julián Bértola, Rachele Ricceri, 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, 13: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 21 in laudem Athanasii"
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