Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6182
(formerly typ/4166)

	Θεὸς τὸν Ἀδὰμ εἰς Ἐδὲμ τάττει πλάσας·
	αὐτὸς δὲ θελχθεὶς γευστικῶς παρεσφάλη,
	καὶ γίνεται σὰρξ ὁ σπορεὺς πάντων Λόγος,
	ὅπως ὁ κόσμος εὑρεθῇ σεσωσμένος.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 381
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Adam Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	God has placed Adam in Eden after his creation, but the latter was seduced, and by tasting committed a transgression. Now the Word, the sower of all things, becomes flesh so that the world might be saved. Language English Source(s) K. Demoen 2022, Manuel Philes and (An) Anonymous Poet(s): Epigrams on the Evangelists in an Illuminated Gospel Manuscript, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1388-1397: 1393 Gott setzt Adam, den er geschaffen hatte, nach Eden. Dieser aber wurde bezaubert und durch Kosten in die Irre geführt, und der Schöpfer des Alls, der Logos, wird Fleisch, auf dass die Welt gerettet befunden werde. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 381
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2022, Manuel Philes and (An) Anonymous Poet(s): Epigrams on the Evangelists in an Illuminated Gospel Manuscript, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1388-1397: 1392-1395 E. Miller, 1855, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 1), Paris: 19-20 H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 379
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[23933] θ(εὸ)ς τὸν ἀδὰμ \| εἰς ἐδὲμ τάττει \| πλάσας [14th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 407 (Vlad. 25) [12th-14th c.] (f. 30r -- (alt.) f. 27r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, RUS2 Vassis ICB 2005, 337: "Manuel Philes, In evangelium sec. Matthaeum"
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