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Occurrence 17102
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	ἕτεροι

	Ὡς μαργάρους δέδωκε· ματθαῖος λόγους·
	Πλοῦτον νοητὸν· \| χριστιανικῶ στίφει·
	Ὃν καὶ κρατοῦντες· ἔνδο ἐν στέρ\|νοις φίλοι·
	Κόσμον φύγωμεν· καὶ ματαίας φροντίδας \|
	Ἐκεῖνος ὥσπερ· τῶν τελωνῶν τὴν λύμην· \|
	Καὶ πρὸς χαρὰν δράμωμεν· χ(ριστ)ῶ ἐν τάχει:-

Type(s)	[2140] Ὡς μαργάρους δέδωκε Ματθαῖος λόγους (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1151-1200
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 520 [1151-1200]
Place in Manuscript	f. 3r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in minuscule. The initials of each vese are highlighted in red.
Contextual information	This is the fourth poem in a series of four epigrams on the Evangelists. The indication "ἕτεροι" is written in the left margin of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Matthew (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=48&left=-68&top=-570&site=INTF&image=30163/0/90/10/13
Bibliography	Primary E. Follieri 1956, Epigrammi sugli Evangelisti dai codici Barberiniani greci 352 e 520, Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (BBGG), 10, 61-156: 151 I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.2), Stuttgart: 933 Secondary D. Pieralisi, 1836, Inventarium codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Barberinae (vol. 2), Vatican City: 181
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[23608] Ὡς μαργάρους δέδωκε ματθαῖος λόγους [12th c.] BUCHAREST - Muzeul national de arta 1 [12th c.] (f. 7v) (6 verses) (4/6) [23345] Ὡς μαργάρους δέδωκε ματθαῖο(ς) λόγ(ους) [13th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.II.8 [13th c.] (f. 83v) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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