Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3387
(formerly typ/1526)

	Ἐπισκοπῆς ἐρᾷν σε πᾶς τις ἂν λέγοι
	τῆς οὐ ταπεινῆς, ἀλλὰ τῆς ὑπερτάτης
	καὶ γὰρ κατ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐν λόγοις τῶν ἀφρόνων
	ἄνωθεν, οὐ κάτωθεν ὡπλίσθῃς, μάκαρ.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 348
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
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Heresy 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: 246
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24437] ἐπισκοπ(ῆς) ἐρᾶν σε πᾶς τις ἂν λέγοι [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 356v) (4 verses) [19274] ἐπισκοπ(ῆς) ἐρᾶν σε πᾶς τις ἂν λέγοι [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 276v) (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, 248: "In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 36 in seipso"
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Last modified: 2025-07-07.