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Type 2669
(formerly typ/775)

	Πέτρου θεσπεσίοιο πάϊς καὶ μύστης Μᾶρκος
	τὴνδ᾽ ἱερὴν ζαθέην τε βίβλον θέτο κοινὸν ὄνειαρ·
	τῆς ἀρχὴ βάπτισμα Θεοῦ, ἰδὲ θαυμάτων πλεῖστα
	καὶ τέλος εἰς πόλον ἄρσις Ἰησοῦ παμμεδέοντος.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-279: 267 D. Pallas, 1955, Κατάλογος χειρογράφων τοῦ Βυζαντινοῦ Μουσείου Ἀθηνῶν, Athens: 37
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[18287] Πέτρου θεσπεσίοιο πάϊς καὶ μύστης Μᾶρκος [14th c.] ATHENS - Byzantino kai Christianiko Mouseio 157 (B.M. 2782) [14th c.] (f. 85v) (4 verses) [17141] Πέτρου θεσπεσίοιο πάϊς καὶ μύστης μάρκος [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 21 (Eustratiades 21) [11th c.] (f. 122r) (4 verses) [29684] Παύλου θεσπεσίοιο πάϊς καὶ μύστης μᾶρκος [13th c.] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 11 [13th c.] (f. 55r) (4 verses) [19775] Παύλου θεσπεσίοιο πάϊς κ(αὶ) μύστ(ης) \| μάρκ(ε) [14th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 28 [14th c.] (f. 128r) (4 verses) [25957] παύλου θεσπεσίοιο πάϊς καὶ μύστης μάρκος [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 71 [12th c.] (f. 97r) (4 verses)
Related type(s)	[1990] Λουκᾶς ἠπιόθυμος ἀκεστορίης ἐπιΐστωρ (5 verses) (Same cycle) [2464] Ἰωάννης μεγάλοιο Θεοῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ὄλβον (4 verses) (Same cycle)
Identification	Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes) , 15859 Vassis ICB 2005, 606: "In s. Marcum evang." Vassis ICB 2005, 615: "In s. Marcum evang."
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