Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6184
(formerly typ/4167)

	Ὁ Μάρκος ἰδὼν τὸ σκότος τῆς ἀπάτης
	ὅλην κατασχὸν τὴν βροτῶν σχεδὸν φύσιν
	τὴν προδρομικὴν οὐ παρῆλθε λυχνίαν,
	ἐφ᾽ ἧς τὸ φῶς ἔλαμψε τῆς σωτηρίας.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 381-382
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gospel John the Baptist (10 BC-1 BC - 1st c.) Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Praise of the author
Critical Notes	2 κατασχὸν ] καταρχον von Soden
Translation(s)	Mark, who saw that the darkness of deceit had gained possession of almost the entire nature of mortals, did not pass over in silence the lampstand of the forerunner on which shone the light of salvation. Language English Source(s) K. Demoen 2022, Manuel Philes and (An) Anonymous Poet(s): Epigrams on the Evangelists in an Illuminated Gospel Manuscript, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1388-1397: 1393 Markus, der die Finsternis der Täuschung sah, die fast die ganze Natur der Sterblichen umfasst hatte, überging nicht die vorauseilende Leuchte, auf der das Licht der Rettung aufleuchtete. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 382
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2022, Manuel Philes and (An) Anonymous Poet(s): Epigrams on the Evangelists in an Illuminated Gospel Manuscript, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1388-1397: 1392-1395 E. Miller, 1855, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 1), Paris: 370 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: 379
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[23934] ὁ μάρκος ἰδων \| τὸ σκότος τῆς ἀπάτης [14th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 407 (Vlad. 25) [12th-14th c.] (f. 86r -- (alt.) f. 80r) (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, RUS3 Vassis ICB 2005, 525: "Manuel Philes, In s. Marcum evang."
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