Type 7062
(formerly typ/4963)

Ὦ θαῦμα! γαστὴρ ἀσπόρως συλλαμβάνει·
Θεὸς βροτὸς δέ τίκτεται παρ᾿ἐλπίδα,
Καὶ πρέσβυς αὐτὸν ἀγκαλίζεται βρέφος·
Σαλπίζεται δ᾿αὗ μηδαμῶς σχὼν ῥύμματα,
Καὶ φῶς μαθηταῖς ἐν Θαβὼρ φανεὶς νέμει·
Φθορᾶς δ᾿ἀνίστα τὸν τεταρταῖον φίλον,
Καὶ παῖδες εὐφημοῦσι τοῦτον ἐν κλάδοις·
Σταυρῷ τε θνήσκει προσπαγεὶς ἑκουσίως,
Ἁνίσταται δὲ κόσμον ἐξ ᾍδου φέρων,
Εἰσέρχεται δὲ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων,
Καὶ γῆθεν ἀρθεὶς πατρικὴν πρὸς ἑστίαν
Γλωσσῶν ἐν εἴδει τὸν παράκλητον νέμει.
Text source E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 420-421
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s) Prayer
Comment This epigram was wrongly ascribed to Manuel Philes.

The epigram also occurs in Vat. Ott. gr. 259 (f. 231v), where it does not function as a book epigram (cf. Agati & Canart 2022: 151).
Bibliography
Number of verses 12
Occurrence(s) [26385] Ὦ θαῦμα· γαστὴρ ἀσπόρως συλλαμβάνει [15th c.]
ATHOS - Mone Hagiou Panteleemonos 152 [15th c.] (f. 4v)
(12 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 883: "Manuel Philes*, In festa dominica"
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