Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3385
(formerly typ/1524)

	Λάμβανε Κληδόνιε τὰς θείας πλάκας
	Ἅς σοι Θεὸς πέπομφεν ἐγγεγραμμένας
	Τῷ δημιουργῷ τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν δακτύλων
	Τῶν γὰρ παλαιῶν ἧττον οὐδὲν ἐνθάδε.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 352-353
Text status	Text completely known
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)	Cledonius the Priest (4th c.)
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Dedication Investiture Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 246
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24438] λάμβανε κληδόνιε τὰς θεί(ας) πλάκας [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 361r) (4 verses) [19271] λάμβανε κληδόνιε τ(ὰς) θείας πλάκας [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 271r) (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, 427: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni epist. 101 ad Cledonium"
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Last modified: 2025-07-07.