Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4840
(formerly typ/2896)

	Σοφὸς σοφοῦ δόγματα πανσόφως λύει
	ὁ Γρηγόριος Σολομῶντος τοῦ πάνυ·
	εἰ γοῦν ἐπέλθης ἀκριβῶς ταῦτα φίλος
	καὶ σὺ σοφισθῆς καὶ σοφῶν ἔση φίλος
	τέως δὲ νῦν μέμνησο κἀμοῦ τοῦ Κρήτης·

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Ecclesiast Gregory of Agrigentum < Sicily < Southern Italy < Italy (6th c.) (episkopos of Agrigentum < Sicily < Southern Italy < Italy) Gregory of Nyssa (saint) (4th c.) (episkopos of Nyssa < Cappadocia)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Entreaty for first person Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined S. Eustratiades, S. Lauriotes, 1925, Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts in the Library of the Laura on Mount Athos, Cambridge: 244 J. Migne, 1863, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 98), Paris: 729
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[21421] σοφὸς σοφοῦ δόγματ(α) παν(σο)φως λύει [17th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 57 [10th c.] (f. 241r) (5 verses) [26202] σοφὸς σοφοῦ δόγματα πανσόφως λύει [1051-1100] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 57 [10th c.] (f. 241r) (5 verses) [26201] σοφὸς σοφοῦ δόγματα παν [17th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 57 [10th c.] (f. 241r) (1 verse) [23947] (...)οφὸς, σοφοῦ δόγματα πανσόφως λύει [13th-14th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Casanatense 198 [13th-14th c.] (f. 94r) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 682: "In Gregor. Nysseni homilias in Ecclesiasten"
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