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Type 4089
(formerly typ/2179)

	Ματθαῖος ἐστὶ μυστικὸς πρῶτος τύπος
	ἐξ εἰκονίζων ἰδέαν ἀνθρωπίνην,
	ἐφ ὧ τὸν ἀνθρώπινον αὐξάνει πλέον
	τοῖς κατὰ Χριστὸν οἰκονομίας λόγον.

Text source	R. Nelson, 1980, The Iconography of Preface and Miniature in the Byzantine Gospel Book, New York: 49
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Matthew (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Praise of the author
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24078] Ματθαῖος ἐστὶ μυστι\|κὸς πρῶτο(ς) τύπο(ς) [1201-1250] ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 56 [1201-1250] (f. 59v-60r) (4 verses) [20185] Ματθαῖος ἐστὶ μυστικῶς πρῶ\|τος τύπος [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 6, Cod. 36 [11th c.] (f. 43r) (4 verses) [20570] Ματθαῖος ἐστὶ μυστικ(ῶς) πρῶ\|τος τύπος [12th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghiou Taphou 47 [12th c.] (f. 36r) (4 verses) [23930] (…)ατθ(...) ἐστι μυστικὸς πρῶτος τύπος [15th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 400 (Vlad. 17) [12th c.] (f. 2v) (4 verses) [26335] ματθαῖος ἐστὶ, μυστικ(ῶς) \| πρῶτος τύπος [12th c.] OXFORD - Lincoln College 17 [12th c.] (f. 87r) (4 verses)
Related type(s)	[4090] Ἰωάννης τέταρτος αὖθις εἰκόνα (4 verses) (Same cycle) [6179] Λουκᾶς δ' ὁ θεῖος τρίτος ὑπάρχει τύπος (4 verses) (Same cycle) [5190] Ὁ Μάρκος ἐστὶ δεύτερος τύπος πάλιν (4 verses) (Same cycle)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Renaat Meesters, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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) , 15888 Vassis ICB 2005, 448: "In s. Matthaeum evang."
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