Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3366
(formerly typ/1505)

	Ὁ Κυπριανὸς πρὶν μὲν ἦν γόης μέγας,
	Ἐσύστερον δὲ τῷ Θεῷ μείζων θύτης.
	Ταύτης δὲ τῆς χάριτος οὐκ ἔχων κόρον,
	Καὶ μαρτυρικὸν δείκνυται θῦμα ζέον.

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)	Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 24 E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 345-346 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24418] Ὁ Κυπριανὸς πρὶν μὲν ἦν γόνος μέγας [1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [1326] (f. 182v) (4 verses) [19250] ὁ κυπριανὸς, πρὶν μ(ὲν) ἦν γό(ης) μέγας [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 146v) (4 verses) [26029] Ὁ κυπριανὸς πρὶν μὲν ἦν γόης μέγ(ας) [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 43r) (4 verses) [21058] Ὁ Κυπριανὸς πρὶν μὲν ἦν γόης μέγας [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 37 [13th c.] () (4 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 521: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 24 in s. Cyprianum"
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