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Type 3361
(formerly typ/1500)

	Τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλείων φόρων
	Ὁ Γρήγορος νοῦς δεξιοῦται τῷ λόγῳ
	Καὶ τοὺς φόρους τίθησι μετριωτέρους
	Εὐσπλαγχνίας πλάστιγγας αὐτῷ ῥυθμίσας

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject Polemic Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Comment	Note the pun on the praised author in the second verse.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 243 E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 344 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24413] Τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλείων φόρων [1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [1326] (f. 113r) (4 verses) [19244] τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλεί(ων) φόρων [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 88r) (4 verses) [26030] Τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλεί(ων) φόρ(ων) [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 52r) (4 verses) [21059] Τὸν ἐξισωτὴν τῶν βασιλείων φόρων [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 37 [13th c.] () (4 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 775: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 19 ad Iulianum exaequatorem"
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