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Occurrence 17472
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	Μάρκος προβάλλει· τοὺς θεηγόρους λόγους·
	ἕλκη πλάνης τὲ· (καὶ) σκότους βροτ(ῶν) γένος·
	πέμπει τὲ πρὸς φῶς· τ(ῆς) ἀληθείας τάδε·
	τοίνυν δράμωμεν· εὐσεβ(ῶς) πάντ(ες) φίλοι·
	κόσμον λυπόντ(ες)· τὸν μάταιον κ(αὶ) πλάνον·
	πρὸς δεσπότην εὔσπλαγχνον· εὐμενῆ λίαν·

Type(s)	[1998] Μᾶρκος προβάλλει τοὺς θεηγόρους λόγους (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1151-1200
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 520 [1151-1200]
Place in Manuscript	f. 48r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in minuscule. The initial of the first verse is highlighted in red.
Contextual information	The epigram is preceded by another epigram, inc. 'Λόγων ὁ Μᾶρκος τὴν ἀείρρυτον χύσιν'. A simple red and green frame - with vegetal motifs at its endings - follows the poem.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Subject(s)	Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=58&left=-434&top=-1446&site=INTF&image=30163/0/990/10/463
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: 934 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 466-467 Secondary D. Pieralisi, 1836, Inventarium codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Barberinae (vol. 2), Vatican City: 181
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) (6/6) [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) [16992] Ἡ πρωτόβαθμος τῶν μαθητῶν ἀ\|κρότης [January 1037] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1650 [01/01/1037-31/01/1037] (f. 19r) (6 verses) (1/6)
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki, 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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