Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6971
(formerly typ/4878)

	Ἐκεῖνο τοῦτο νῦν ἄνω φῶς λυχνίας,
	Ἐκεῖνο τοῦτο νῦν ὄρους ἄνω πόλις·
	Καισαρέων γὰρ ἐγκαθίδρυται θρόνῳ
	Τὸ πίστεως φῶς, ἡ θεόδμητος πόλις.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 351
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
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia)
Bibliography	Primary H. Gunthius, 1536, Cyri Theodori Prodromi epigrammata ut uetustissima, ita piissima, Basileae: κ 4r
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26078] ἐκεῖνο τοῦτο νῦν ἄνω φῶς λυχνίας [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 90r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Julián Bértola, Nina Vanhoutte The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 207: "Theod. Prodromus, In s. Basilium"
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Last modified: 2021-03-04.