Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3399
(formerly typ/1538)

	Θεοῦ γινώσκειν ὀρθοδόξως οὐσίαν
	χριστιανοῖς λεγάτου ἐκ Γρηγορίου.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Christophoros of Mytilene < Lesbos < Greece - PBW: Christophoros/13102/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject
Critical Notes	2 λεγάτου ] ms. Laur. Plut. 7, Cod. 13; λέγατον Bandini (1764: 249); λεγᾶτον Follieri (1980: 152)
Translation(s)	Dei cognoscere orthodoxe substantiam Christianis legatum ex Gregorio. Language Latin Source(s) A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 249
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 249 E. Follieri, 1980, I calendari in metro innografico di Cristoforo Mitileneo. Commentario e indici (vol. 2), Brussels: 152 Secondary E. Follieri, 1961, Initia Hymnorum Ecclesiae Graecae. Η - Ξ (vol. 2), Vatican City: 129
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[17273] θ(εο)ῦ γινώσκειν ὀρθοδόξως οὐσίαν [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 13 [11th c.] (f. 1r) (2 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 338: "Christoph. Mytilenaeus, In s. Gregorium Theologum (Ian. 25)"
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