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Type 3365
(formerly typ/1504)

	Ἀθανάσιε, τάχα καὶ ζῇς, καὶ πνέεις
	ὡς οὐ παρελθὼν τὸν βραχὺν τοῦτον χρόνον
	ἀθάνατον γὰρ πανταχοῦ σε δεικνύων
	ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς τόνδε σοι πνεῖ τὸν λόγον.

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)	Athanasios of Alexandria < Egypt (saint) (295 - 02/05/373) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 244 A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 348 J. Migne, 1858, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 36), Paris: 936 E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 345 A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1894, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 2), Saint-Petersburg: 409 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 28 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total)
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24417] Ἀθανάσιε τάχα καὶ ζῇς καὶ πνέεις [1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [1326] (f. 170r) (4 verses) [19249] Ἀθανάσιε. τάχα (καὶ) ζῆς (καὶ) πνέεις [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 136v) (4 verses) [26227] ἀθανάσιε τάχα καὶ ζῆς καὶ πνέεις [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 151v) (4 verses) [24955] Ἀθανάσιε, τάχα καὶ ζῇς καὶ πνέεις [13th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 37 [13th c.] () (4 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 13: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 21 in laudem Athanasii"
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