Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3398
(formerly typ/1537)

	Ἐκκλησιαστὴς μᾶλλον αὐτὸς εὑρέθῃς
	ὁ δημαγωγὸς τῶν ὑπὲρ νοῦν δογμάτων
	συνήγαγες γὰρ πᾶσαν ἀνθρώπων φύσιν
	ὡς ἄλλος Ὀρφεὺς τεχνικῆς γλώττης μέλει.

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)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Ecclesiast Orpheus
Tag(s)	Education 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: 247, 272-247
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24448] Ἐκκλησιαστὴς μᾶλλον αὐτὸς εὑρέθης [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 429v) (4 verses) [19285] ἐκκλησιαστὴς μᾶλλον αὐτὸς εὑρέθ(ης) [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 345r) (4 verses) [19292] ἐκκλησιαστὴς μᾶλλον αὐτὸς εὑρέθης [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 22 [11th c.] (f. 425r) (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, 208: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Naz.* metaphrasin in Ecclesiasten"
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