Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3376
(formerly typ/1514)

	Ἕλλην μὲν ἂν φλήναφος εἰς ὕδωρ, πάτερ,
	σὺ δ᾽ εἰς τὸ σεπτὸν εὐφυῶς πνεῦμα γράφεις
	καὶ γὰρ ἑαυτῷ ζωγραφεῖ, καὶ δεικνύει
	κυροῦν ἅπερ φῇς, μὴ φυῇ νόθοις σέβας.

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
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Church Fathers Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/ Holy Spirit Philosophy Rhetoric
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Address to the author Criticism of the scribe Education Heresy Polemic Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 245
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24427] ἕλλην μὲν ἂν φλήναφος, εἰς ὕδωρ π(άτε)ρ [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 242r) (4 verses) [19260] Ἕλλην μὲν ἂν φλήναφος, εἰς ὕδωρ π(άτ)ερ [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 196v) (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, 219: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 31 de Spiritu sancto"
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