Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3379
(formerly typ/1518)

	Ἔμπνευσις ἰδοὺ τοῖς θανοῦσι δευτέρα,
	νοημάτων ἔχουσα καὶ τέχνης βάθος.
	Παρῆκε γὰρ δὴ τὴν Ἐλισσαίου τρίτην
	ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς, τῆς σκιᾶς πεπαυμένης.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 352
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)	Elijah (prophet) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Education Introduction to the subject Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Repentance Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Comment	Note the pun on the praised author in the last verse.
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 245 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 27
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24431] ἔμπνευσις ἰδ(οὺ) τ(οῖς) θανοῦσι δευτέρα [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 288r) (4 verses) [19265] ἔμπνευσ(ις) ἰδοὺ τ(οῖς) θανοῦσι δευτέρα [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 233v) (4 verses) [26024] Ἔμπνευσις ἰδοὺ τοῖς θανοῦσι δευτέρα [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 5r) (4 verses) [21053] Ἔμπνευσις ἰδοὺ τοῖς θανοῦσι δευτέρα [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, 222: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianz. orat. 45 in s. Pascha II"
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