Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25567
(formerly occ/9595)

	παρα\|βο\|λ\|αί:

	Τόσσα χ(ριστὸ)ς ἔρεξε μέγας· μῦθος δ’ ἀγόρευσε·
	παραβλήδην· ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἕνα σπόρον οὔτι ὁμοῖον
	καὶ τὸν, ζιζανίων σπέρματι συμφυέα,
	καὶ νάπυ· κληρονόμον τε θανόνθ’ ὑπὸ χερσ(ὶν) ἀθέσμ(οις)·

Type(s)	[6814] Τόσσα Χριστὸς ἔρεξε μέγας, μύθους δ’ ἀγόρευσε (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Library 24 [1291-1325]
Place in Manuscript	f. 38v
Contextual information	The epigram, along with other poems, precedes the Gospel of Mark.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter Elegiacs Mixture
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Comment	Each line of the poem is preceded by a paraphrase in prose, written in red ink.
Image source(s)	http://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_536
Bibliography	Primary N. Kavrus-Hoffmann, P. Alvarez, 2021, A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (vol. 1), Ann Arbor: 57 Secondary A. Cataldi Palau 2009, Greek Manuscripts from the Meteora Monasteries in the Burdett-Coutts Collection, Chrysograph, 3, 144-178: 172
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts'. Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri 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.
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