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Type 3379
(formerly typ/1518)

	Ἔμπνευσις ἰδοὺ τοῖς θανοῦσι δευτέρα,
	νοημάτων ἔχουσα καὶ τέχνης βάθος.
	Παρῆκε γὰρ δὴ τὴν Ἐλισσαίου τρίτην
	ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς, τῆς σκιᾶς πεπαυμένης.

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)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Comment	Note the pun on the praised author in the last verse.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 245 E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 352 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 27
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24431] Ἔμπνευσις ἰδοὺ τοῖς θανοῦσι δευτέρα [1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [1326] (f. 288r) (4 verses) [19265] ἔμπνευσ(ις) ἰδοὺ τ(οῖς) θανοῦσι δευτέρα [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 233v) (4 verses) [26024] Ἔμπνευσις ἰδοὺ τοῖς θανοῦσι δευτέρα [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 5r) (4 verses) [21053] Ἔμπνευσις ἰδοὺ τοῖς θανοῦσι δευτέρα [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 37 [13th c.] () (4 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 222: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianz. orat. 45 in s. Pascha II"
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