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Type 3315
(formerly typ/1453)

Ἔκμαθε πρῶτον ταῦτα, καὶ ἔρχεο ἱερατεύσων.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader
Translation(s)	Haec primum disce, et postea sacerdotii munus obire poteris. Language Latin Source(s) A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 208
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 208 A. Kominis, 1988, Πατμιακὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι νέος κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου, Athens: 96 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 25
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[19193] ἔκμαθε πρῶτον ταῦτα (καὶ) ἔρχεο ἱερατεύσων [13th-15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 7 [12th c.] (f. 2r) (1 verse) [20109] Ἔκμαθε πρῶτον ταῦτα, καὶ ἔρχεο ἱερατεύσων [11th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 36 [11th c.] (f. 2r) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 209: "In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 2 apologeticam de fuga"
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