Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3369
(formerly typ/1508)

	Ὁ μέν Σολομὼν ἐκ νότου βασιλίδα
	Σὺ δ᾽ ἀνθρυποσπᾷς χύματι γλώττης, πάτερ,
	Ἄπειρον ἐσμὸν εὐσεβῶν Αἰγυπτόθεν
	Τὰ τῶν λόγων κρούματα θαυμάζοντά σοι

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 347-348
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Solomon
Tag(s)	Education Introduction to the subject Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 244
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24421] ὁ μὲν σολομὼν, ἐκ νότου βασιλίδα [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 201v) (4 verses) [19253] ὁ μ(έν) σολόμων ἐκ νότου βασιλίδα [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 162r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 527: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 34 in Aegypt. advent."
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Last modified: 2025-07-07.