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Type 5174
(formerly typ/3224)

Γαῖαν σώματι, ψυχῇ δ’ ἄστρα Γεώργιος ἴσχει,
παντοίης σοφίης σεμνότατον τέμενος.
Title(s) Στίχοι εἰς Πλήθωνα ἐπιτάφιοι
Text source L. Mohler, 1942, Aus Bessarions Gelehrtenkreis: Abhandlungen, Reden, Briefe von Bessarion, Theodoros Gazes, Michael Apostolios, Andronikos Kallistos, Georgios Trapezuntinos, Niccolò Perotti, Niccolò Capranica, Paderborn: 469
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Basileios Bessarion (1399-1400 - 18/11/1472) - RGK: I.41, II.61, III.77 - VGH: 59.E - PLP: II.2707 (kardinalios)
Metre(s) Elegiacs
Subject(s) Georgios Gemistos Plethon (1355 - 1452-1454) - VGH: 83.B - PLP: II.3630
Tag(s)
Critical Notes 1 Γαῖαν σώματι ] σώματι γαῖαν mss.
Translation(s) Die Erde hält Georgios mit seinem Körper, die Sterne mit seiner Seele fest, ein aufs höchste zu verehrender Tempel jeglicher Weisheit.
Language
German
Source(s)
J. Irmscher 1994, Die Epitaphe auf Georgios Gemistos Plethon, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 44, 187-191: 188
Bibliography

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Number of verses 2
Occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 113: "Bessarion, Epitaphium in Georgium Gemistum Plethonem"
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