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Type 6046
(formerly typ/4029)

	Εἴης κατοικῶν τῆς Ἐδὲμ τὸ χωρίον,
	Μάξιμε θεῖε, θαῦμα συντρόφων λόγου,
	ἀνθ' οὗ πόνοις σοῖς ὁ Πτολεμαίου πόνος
	λήθης βυθοῖς κρυβείς γε πλείστοις ἐν χρόνοις
	πεφανέρωται, πρᾶγμα κρεῖττον καὶ λόγου,
	Γεωγραφίαν τὴν σοφωτάτην λέγω.

Title(s)	Στίχοι τοῦ μακαριωτάτου καὶ σοφωτάτου Γρηγορίου Βουλγαρίας εἰς τὀν σοφώτατον κὺρ Μάξιμον εὐκτικοὶ
Text source	F. Pontani 2010, The World on a Fingernail: An Unknown Byzantine Map, Planudes, and Ptolemy, Traditio, 65, 177-200: 193-194
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Gregorios of Bulgaria (14th c.)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) Geography Maximos Planoudes (1255-1305) - RGK: I.259bis, II.357 - VGH: 286.A (hegoumenos of the Monastery of Saint Auxentios)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Praise of the author
Translation(s)	May you <now> live in the place of Eden, Maximos, it was a miracle of yours and of your companions, for it was thanks to your labours, that Ptolemy’s labour, hidden in the depths of oblivion, was revealed in numerous images, which is beyond words I refer to the most wise geography. Language English Source(s) S. Chrysochoou 2014, Maximos Planoudes and the “Diagram” of Ptolemy, in T. Kolias, K. Pitsakis , C. Synelli (eds.), Aureus, Τόμος Αφιερωμένος στον Καθηγητή Ευάγγελο Κ. Χρυσό, Athens, 113-129: 127 Lines of Blessing by the Most Blessed and Wise Gregory of Bulgaria for the Most Wise Sir Maximus Planudes May you live in the abode of Eden, O divine Maximus, wonder of learned men, in exchange for the fact that thanks to your toil Ptolemy's work, buried in the depths of oblivion for many years has reappeared (a fact that surpasses any praise), I mean his very learned Geography. Language English Source(s) F. Pontani 2010, The World on a Fingernail: An Unknown Byzantine Map, Planudes, and Ptolemy, Traditio, 65, 177-200: 194
Bibliography	Primary S. Chrysochoou 2014, Ἡ Πτολεμαϊκὴ Γεωγραφία στὸ Βυζάντιο, in G. Xanthaki-Karamanou (ed.), Ἡ πρόσληψη τῆς ἀρχαιότητας στὸ Βυζάντιο, κυρίως κατὰ τοὺς παλαιολόγειους χρόνους (Πρακτικὰ Διεθνοῦς Συνεδρίου, Σπάρτη 3-5 Νοεμβρίου 2012)/ The Reception of Antiquity in Byzantium, with Emphasis on the Palaeologan Era (Proceedings of International Conference, Sparti 3-5 November 2012), Athens, 247-271: 254 S. Chrysochoou 2014, Maximos Planoudes and the “Diagram” of Ptolemy, in T. Kolias, K. Pitsakis , C. Synelli (eds.), Aureus, Τόμος Αφιερωμένος στον Καθηγητή Ευάγγελο Κ. Χρυσό, Athens, 113-129: 127 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 52
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[24552] εἴης κατοικῶν τῆς ἐδὲμ τὸ χωρίον [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana A 119 sup. [1276-1325] (f. IIv) (6 verses)
Related type(s)	[6048] Σκηναί σε, πάτερ Μάξιμε, σεσωσμένων (6 verses) (Same cycle)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 176: "Gregorius ep. Bulgariae, In Maximum Planudem"
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