Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23504
(formerly occ/7434)

	+ μ(ά)ρκος λέων ὢν ὡς ἀπαθ(ὴς) τ(ὸν) νόον:∙
	+ ἀρχὴν ἐποιήσατο τοῦ μυστηρίου ·:·
	+ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ πάνι βασιλέως ·:·
	+ χ(ριστο)ῦ ἰ(ησο)ῦ τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ τοῦ τῶν ὅλων ※

Type(s)	[6019] Μᾶρκος λέων ὢν ὡς ἀπαθὴς τὸν νόον (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 954 (olim 751) [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 101v
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in gold ink, in epigraphische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Contextual information	The epigram surrounds a miniature of the evangelist Mark, which precedes his Gospel.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Bibliography	Primary S. Kadas, 2008, Τα εικονογραφημένα χειρόγραφα του Αγίου Όρους, Θεσσαλονίκη: 103, 355 (image: plate α) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 259, 647 (image: plate LXXVI)
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2020-01-30.