De ave phoenice
Lactantius
Lactantius. L. Caeli Firmiani Lactanti Opera omnia, Part II, Fasc 1. Brandt, Samuel, editor; Laubmann, Georg, editor. Vienna: Gerold, 1897.
- Quos aut Pygmeae gentes aut India carpit
- Aut molli generat terra Sabaea sinu.
- Cinnamon hinc auramque procul spirantis amomi
- Congerit et mixto balsama cum folio:
- Non casiae mitis nec olentis uimen acanthi
- Nec turis lacrimae guttaque pinguis abest.
- His addit teneras nardi pubentis aristas
- Et sociam myrrae uim, panacea, tuam. [*](LOCI AVCTORVM EXPILATORVM SIMILES 73J cf. Quid. Met. XIII 810 s. 77] cf. Ouid. Met. XV 397; Claudian. Phoen. 44. 77. 79-92] Gregor. Tur. p. 861, 8-10. 78] cf. Anthol. lat. 389, 82 R. 83] cento anonymi u. 55 (Cod. Sangall. 870 [olim D. n. 476] saec. IX; cf. Iuuenalis commentarii uetusti ed. Cramer, 1823, p. 17). 83 s.] cf. Ps.-Cyprian. De resurrect. mortuor. 216 s. 85) Verg. Georg. IV 123. 86] Ouid. Met. XV 394. 87] cf. Ouid. Met. XV 398. )[*](ABC] 73 nentus A claudent pandentib; 1J eulos A. eolus C 74 fabris B ptiporeum A, purpereum B 76 congreta B notus B. nothus C, notis Heinsius 76 redios A, radius C obsit aui] codd. rec., bosi taui d, ussit aui BC 77 sepulchum A 78 sed BC 79 huic Baehrensius, huc dubitanter Riesius odoris A, odorers C 80 opolentus B araps ABC 81 pigmeę A, pigmaee (sic) B, pigmaeaae C. Panchaeae Eeinsius cum codd. rec. 82 mollit A terras ab ea A sabea C 83 Cinnamomum B, Cynnamoum C hinc] codd. rec., (ef. u. 79), hie ABC cento Sangall., huc dubitanter Miesius auram quae A, auraque cento Sangall. spumantis C 85 caseae A mites A. mittis C acharti" (sic) B, ra\'chanti C 86 lagrimae B gutta quae A 88 sociam] B, sociat A, socia C uini C panacea] codd. reA., panacheę A, panachea Be, Panachaea (\'pro Panchaea\') cum codd. ref". Baehrensius. Nabathaea Leyserxs tuam] codd. rec., tue A, turis B, ture C )
- .Protinus instructo corpus mutabile nido
- Vitalique toro membra uieta locat.
- Ore dehinc sucos membris circumque supraque
- Inicit exsequiis inmoritura suis.
- Tunc inter uarios animam commendat odores,
- Depositi tanti nec timet illa fidem.
- Interea corpus genitali morte peremptum
- Aestuat et flammam parturit ipse calor,
- Aetherioque procul de lumine concipit ignem:
- Flagrat et ambustum soluitur in cineres. [*](LOCI AVCTORVM EXPILATOBVM SIMILES 93 s.J Luc. 23. 46 ap. Ambros. De spiro sancto II, VII, 56; De incarn. V 42 (II 645 A; 713 B Maur.) et Hilar. Pict. In Ps. 53. 141 (I 138. 802 Zingerle) et in Vulg.: in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; ap. Tertull. Adu. Prar. 25: in tuis manibus depono spiritum meum; Lact. Inst. IV 19, 2 I Epit. 41 (45], 10): (Iesus) spiritum posuit; Clandian. Phoen. 94: iam dammae commendat opus. 96] gramm. d. dub. nom. p. 577, 14. U7J Gregor. Tur. p. 861, 13. 98] cf. Ps.-Cyprian. De Sodoma 138: soluitur in cinerem, ubi Peiperus (Cyprian. Gall.) adfert Arator. II 1176: soluitur in cinerem (cineres edd. Aratoris). )[*](ABC] 89 Protinus ] AC, His protinus B instructo I Heinsius et Francins (cf. Baehrensium, Mus. rh. XXX 300); an in structo ? instructos A, structis B, instractis C; Protinus huic tradit Klappius p. XVI, Protinus in stragis Birtius, Mus. rh. XXXIV 9 mobile C 90 Vitati quae A, Nidaliq; C uieta] Heinsius, quiete AB, quieta C edd. 91 sucus A circum quae supra quae A, circQ quaq; supVa C 92 exequiis AC post hunc u. conplura disticha intercidisse existimat Birtius p. 8 locum Gregorii Tur. p. 861,10 adhibens, consentit Riesius. xed Gregorius argumentum carminis liberius reddidisse uidetur; cf. etiam Schoellium l. c. 93 Tunc] Huic Klappius p. X VI, uersib. 93. 94 post 90 positis inter] BC. in A odorisI A, -es in B minute scriptum euanidumque, fort. - is est inter ... odores pro datiI/o positum inttrpretatnr Birtius p. 9 94 uersum in marg. add. m. 1 C Depositam A. Deposita C tibet A 95 et 96 eicit Leyserxs 95 Interimit A uiortae A 96 protulit codd. rec. 97 concepit A 98 soluitus (sic) A cineres Bitschelitis, Opusc. III 808. cinerem ABC (cf. supra 1\'8.- Cyprian. Sodom. 138 et Arator. II 1176) )
- Quos uelut in massam cineres natura coactos
- Conflat, et effectum seminis instar habet.
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