Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5810
(formerly typ/3832)

	Λέων ὁ Μάρκος εὑρεθεὶς ἐκ τῶν λόγων
	φρικτῶν βρυχηθμῶν ἐξερεύγεται κτύπους,
	οὓς ἡ κτίσις πτήξασα δορκάδος δίκην
	τοὺς δυσπλόκους πέφευγε τῆς πλάνης βρόχους.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 217-218
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Markus, für einen Löwen befunden aufgrund seiner Worte speit den Lärm schrecklichen Gebrülls aus, vor dem die Schöpfung ängstlich geduckt gleich einem Reh den verwickelten Schlingen der Verirrung entgangen ist. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 217
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 54-55 A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-279: 268
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[25870] λέων ὁ μάρκος εὑρεθεὶς ἐκ τ(ῶν) λόγ(ων) [13th-14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 960 (olim 758) [1128] (f. 105r) (4 verses) [23223] λέων ὁ μάρκος εὑρεθεὶς ἐκ τῶν, λόγων [1326-1400] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 32 (Eustratiades 32) [13th c.] (f. 63v) (4 verses) [23744] (...)άρκος εὑρεθεὶς ἐκ τῶν λόγ(ων) [15th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 235 (Granstrem 529) [1337] (f. 81v) (4 verses) [26247] (...)άρκ(ος), εὐρεθ(εῖς) ἐκ τῶν λόγ(ων) [15th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 235 (Granstrem 529) [1337] (f. 81v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, GR37 Vassis ICB 2005, 432: "Manuel Philes, In leonem s. Marci evang."
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