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Occurrence 16992
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	στίχοι ἰαμβικοί

	Ἡ πρωτόβαθμος τῶν μαθητῶν ἀ\|κρότης:
	Πέτρος προβάλλει τοὺς λόγους ὡς μαρ\|γάρους: \|
	Ἐκ τῆς ἀβύσσου τῶν \| θεοῦ χαρισμάτων: \|
	Οὓς εἵλκυσεν πρὶν μυστικοτάτω τρό\|πω: \|
	Καὶ νυμφοκοσμεῖ τοῦ νοητοῦ νυμφίου· \|
	Τὴν παρθένον τε καὶ νέαν ἐκκλη\|σίαν:

Type(s)	[1981] Ἡ πρωτόβαθμος τῶν μαθητῶν ἀκρότης (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	January 1037
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1650 [January 1037]
Place in Manuscript	f. 19r
Person(s)	Scribe Theodoros (11th c.) - RGK: III.217 - VGH: 140.C
Palaeographical information	The verse layout is inconsistent, certain words are written partially above or below the corresponding lines: 1 ἀ\|κρότης: ] suprascr. κρότης; 2 μαρ\|γάρους: ] scr. ፠ γάρους infra; 4 τρό\|πω: ] suprascr. πω; The epigram is written in the same minuscule and fawn ink used for the main text, whereas the title ("στίχοι ἰαμβικοί") is written in majuscule.
Contextual information	Written at the end of the Homilies by John Chrysostomus. A simple frame - with vegetal motifs at its endings - separates the epigram from the main text.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Peter (apostle, saint) (1st c.)
Image source(s)	https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=55&left=-209&top=-1068&site=INTF&image=30623/0/390/10/203
Bibliography	Primary C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 370 I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 108 H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 385
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[23350] Μᾶρκος προβάλλει· τοὺς θεηγόρ(ους) λόγ(ους) [13th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.II.8 [13th c.] (f. 84v) (6 verses) (1/6) [17472] Μάρκος προβάλλει· τοὺς θεηγόρους λόγους [1151-1200] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 520 [1151-1200] (f. 48r) (6 verses) (1/6) [17103] μάρκο(ς) προβάλλη τοὺς θεηγόρους λόγ(ους) [11th-12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 642 [11th-12th c.] (f. 97r) (1 verse) (1/6)
Acknowledgements	Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Lev Shadrin, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro, Paulien Lemay The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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