Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3380
(formerly typ/1519)

	Μάμας ἀμολγαῖς εὐπαθῶν πρὶν δορκάδων
	Πανηγυρικοὺς δεῦρο θηλάζει κρότους,
	Καὶ τοῦ χρόνου δείκνυσι τὴν βασιλίδα,
	Ἣ Πάσχα καινὸν καὶ ψυχῶν ἔαρ φύει.

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
Tag(s)	Description of an image Doxology Introduction to the subject Liturgy 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 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 27
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24432] μάμας ἀμολγαῖς εὐπαθῶν πρὶν δορκάδ(ων) [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 303r) (4 verses) [19266] μάμας ἀμολγαῖς εὐπαθῶν πρὶν δορκάδων [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 243v) (4 verses) [26025] μάμας ἀμολγαῖς εὐπαθῶν πρὶν δορκάδων [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 21r) (4 verses) [23943] Μάμμας ἀμολγαῖς εὐπαθῶν πρὶν δορκάδ(ων) [1326-1375] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 43 [1326-1375] (f. 26r) (4 verses) [21055] Μάμας ἀμολγαῖς εὐπαθῶν πρὶν δορκάδων [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 37 [13th c.] () (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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, 444: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orationem 44 in novam dominicam"
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