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.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 345-346
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)	Cyprian of Antiocheia < Turkey (4th c. - 5th c.) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Death Epitaph Introduction to the subject Monastic conversion 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: 24 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24418] ὁ κυπριανὸς, πρὶν μὲν ἦν γόης μέγ(ας) [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 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)
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, 521: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 24 in s. Cyprianum"
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