Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3395
(formerly typ/1534)

	Καλὸν μὲν ἁπλῶς πᾶσα γυνὴ παρθένος
	Ἀλλ᾽ ἣν ἂν αὐτὸς ἐμμελῶς ἁπαρτίσῃς
	Ἔχει τι πασῶν τῶν ἀδιδάκτων πλέον
	Ὦ νυμφαγωγὲ τῶν ψυχῶν τψν ἀφθόρων.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 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
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Introduction to the subject Monastic conversion Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 247
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24445] καλὸν μὲν ἁπλ(ῶς) πᾶσα γυνὴ παρθένος [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 425r) (4 verses) [19282] καλὸν μ(ὲν) ἁπλ(ῶς) πᾶσα γυνὴ παρθένος [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 341r) (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, 393: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni carmen ad virgines"
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