Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2895
(formerly typ/996)

	Πέτρου μαθητὴς τῆς πέτρας Χριστοῦ πέλων
	διδάσκαλος πέφηνας ἄμφω καὶ μέγας
	εὐαγγελιστὴς δεύτερος τοῦ Κυρίου
	τῆς μυριόχλου πληθύος τῶν θαυμάτων·
	ὅλην μὲν ὡς φῶς λαμπρύνων οἰκουμένην
	πᾶσαν δὲ τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἐκ πλάνης λύσας.
	Διὸ προθύμως μαρτυρήσας καὶ τέλος
	εὔχριστον εὑρών, Μάρκε, καὶ παρρησίαν
	ἔχων κατ’ ἄμφω πρὸς τὸν ὄντως δεσπότην
	τὸν τὴν σοφήν σου δέλτον ἐν πιστῷ πόθῳ
	τεύξαντα τήνδε ταῖς λιταῖς σου φωτίσας
	Θεοῦ με δείξαις δέξιον παραστάτην.

Text source	K. Bentein, F. Bernard 2011, A Cycle of Book Epigrams in Honour of the Four Evangelists., Scriptorium, 65, 237-249: 243-244
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.) Peter (apostle, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Entreaty for first person Praise of the author Prayer
Translation(s)	Being a pupil of Peter, the rock of Christ, you have shown yourself a teacher as well as a great second Evangelist of the manifold miracles of the Lord. Illuminating the whole world as a light, you have saved entire Egypt from fallacy. You have suffered a voluntary martyrdom and you have found a blessed end, Mark. Moreover, you have on both grounds freedom of speech with the true Lord. Therefore, may you by your prayers enlighten me, for I have produced your wise book with genuine zeal, and may you show me to be a skillful assistant of the Lord. Language English Source(s) K. Bentein, F. Bernard 2011, A Cycle of Book Epigrams in Honour of the Four Evangelists., Scriptorium, 65, 237-249: 244
Bibliography	Primary G. Kitchin, 1867, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses adservantur, Oxford: 15 H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 384 Secondary S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 102, n. 60
Number of verses	12
Occurrence(s)	[32964] Πέτρ(ου) μαθητ(ὴς) τ(ῆς) πέτρ(ας) χ(ριστο)ῦ πέλ(ων) [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Hagiou Panteleemonos 217 [13th c.] (f. 124v) (12 verses) [17380] Πέτρου μαθητὴς τῆς πέτρας Χριστοῦ πέλων [1131] OXFORD - Christ Church College 29 [1131] (f. 43r-43v) (12 verses) [26347] Πέτρου μαθητῆς τῆς πέτρας χ(ριστο)ῦ πέλων [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 82 [12th c.] (f. 85r) (12 verses) [23750] Πέτρου μαθητὴς τῆς πέτρας χ(ριστο)ῦ πέλων [1255] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 194A [1255] (f. 315v) (11 verses) [24700] Πέτρου μαθητ(ὴς) τῆς χριστοῦ πέτρας πέλων [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 379 [11th c.] (f. 83v) (11 verses) [17173] Πέτρου μαθητὴς τῆς πέτρας χ(ριστο)ῦ πέλων [1067] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 172 [1067] (f. 66r) (12 verses) [21385] πετρου μαθητης τῆς πέτρας χ(ριστο)ῦ πελω(ν) [967] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 213 [967] (f. 164v) (12 verses) display 4 more occurrences (7 in total) hide 4 occurrences (7 in total)
Acknowledgements	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.
Identification	Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes), 15842 Vassis ICB 2005, 615: "In s. Marcum evang."
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