Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 1998
(formerly typ/99)

	Μᾶρκος προβάλλει τοὺς θεηγόρους λόγους
	ἕλκει πλάνης τε καὶ σκότους βροτῶν γένος
	πέμπει τε πρὸς φῶς τῆς ἀληθείας τάδε.
	Τοίνυν δράμωμεν εὐσεβῶς πάντες, φίλοι,
	κόσμον λιπόντες τὸν μάταιον καὶ πλάνον,
	πρὸς Δεσπότην εὔσπλαγχνον, εὐμενῆ λίαν.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 466-467
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gospel Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Address to the reader Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	Markus bringt die von Gott sprechenden Worte vor, zieht das Menschengeschlecht aus der Verirrung und dem Dunkel heraus und sendet es hiermit ans Licht der Wahrheit. Lasst uns also alle fromm laufen, Freunde, nachdem wir die nichtige und betrügerische Welt verlassen haben, zum barmherzigen, überaus wohlgesinnten Herrn! Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 467 Marco espone i detti pronunciati da Dio, trae dall'errore e dalla tenebra la stirpe dei mortali, e la avvia verso la luce della verità. Perciò corriamo piamente tutti, amici, lasciato il mondo vano e ingannatore, verso un padrone misericordioso, molto benigno. Language Italian Source(s) E. Follieri 1956, Epigrammi sugli Evangelisti dai codici Barberiniani greci 352 e 520, Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (BBGG), 10, 61-156: 152
Bibliography	Primary L. Allatius, 1645, De libris ecclesiasticis Graecorum dissertationes duae, Paris: 41 R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 64 J. Fabricius, 1712, Bibliotheca Graeca (vol. 5), Hamburg: 29 E. Follieri 1956, Epigrammi sugli Evangelisti dai codici Barberiniani greci 352 e 520, Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (BBGG), 10, 61-156: 151 A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-279: 269
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[23350] Μᾶρκος προβάλλει· τοὺς θεηγόρ(ους) λόγ(ους) [13th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.II.8 [13th c.] (f. 88v) (6 verses) [17472] Μάρκος προβάλλει· τοὺς θεηγόρους λόγους [1151-1200] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 520 [12th c.] (f. 48r) (6 verses) [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)
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, VAT83 Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes), 15987 Vassis ICB 2005, 445: "In s. Marcum evang."
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