Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 29787

Πρὸς τὸν μεγαλόψυχον ὁ σμικρόψυχος

Text source	K. Kubina 2018, Manuel Philes – a Begging Poet?, in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas (eds.), Middle and Late Byzantine Poetry. Texts and Contexts, Turnhout, 147-181: 165
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
Tag(s)	Division of the book
Translation(s)	The low-souled to the high-souled Language English Source(s) K. Kubina 2018, Manuel Philes – a Begging Poet?, in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas (eds.), Middle and Late Byzantine Poetry. Texts and Contexts, Turnhout, 147-181: 165
Bibliography	Primary E. Miller, 1855, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 1), Paris: 332
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[29789] πρὸς τὸν μεγαλόψυχον ὁ σμικρόψυχος [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 19 [15th c.] (f. 185r) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Creator(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	Vassis ICB 2005, 648: "Manuel Philes, Sine titulo (ad Patriciotem sebastum?)"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.