Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3388
(formerly typ/1527)

	Ἀτθὶς ὅλη σὺ κᾂν ἐπ᾽ ἀγροῦ τι γράφοις
	οὐ γὰρ τόποι κρίνουσι τὰς φύσεις, πάτερ,
	οὑκοῦν σεαυτῷ προσλαλεῖς καὶ τοῖς φίλοις
	τὸν πραγμάτων γέμοντα φαυλίζων βίον.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 346
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)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Education Introduction to the subject Monastic conversion Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 246
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24436] ἀτθὶς ὅλη σὺ, κἂν ἐπ᾽ ἀγρ(οῦ) τι γράφ(οις) [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 348v) (4 verses) [19275] ἀτθὶς ὅλη σὺ κἂν ἐπ᾽ ἀγροῦ τι γράφοις [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 280r) (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, 88: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianazeni orat. 26 in seipsum"
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Last modified: 2025-07-07.