Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3375
(formerly typ/1513)

	Πάλιν τὸν υἱὸν δογματίζεις τῇ κτίσει
	καὶ τεκνοποιεῖς πᾶσαν αὐτῷ τὴν φύσιν·
	καὶ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἀσφαλῆ σε δεικνύει,
	τοῦ πνεύματος λαλοῦντος, ἃ γράφεις, πάτερ.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 347
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)	Address to the author Doxology Education Introduction to the subject Praise of the author 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: 245 Secondary S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 102, n. 61
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24426] Πάλιν τὸν υἱὸν δογματίζεις τῇ κτίσει [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 233v) (4 verses) [19259] πάλιν τὸν υἱὸν δογματίζεις τῇ κτίσει [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 190r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, 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, 592: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orationem 30 de filio II"
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Last modified: 2025-07-07.