Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3378
(formerly typ/1517)

	Ἰδοὺ πάλιν βάπτισμα, καὶ φώτων χύσις
	Δὶς γὰρ σε πεισθεὶς πρὸς τὸ καλὸν ὀτρύνω
	Σὺ γοῦν πάλιν πλύθητι, καὶ φῶς εἰσδέχου
	Καὶ τοῖς ὑποχραίνουσι μὴ χρῶ πρακτέοις

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 349
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)	Baptism Church Fathers Holy Spirit Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Address to the soul Education Introduction to the subject Repentance Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 245 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24430] ἰδ(οὺ) πάλ(ιν) βάπτισμα, (καὶ) φώτ(ων) χύσεις [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 266v) (4 verses) [19264] ἰδοὺ πάλιν βάπτισμα, (καὶ) φώτ(ων) χύσις [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 216r) (4 verses) [26225] Ἰδοὺ πάλιν βάπτισμα καὶ φώτων χύσις [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 122v) (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, 356: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 40 in s. baptisma"
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