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Type 4090
(formerly typ/2182)

	Ἰωάννης τέταρτος αὖθις εἰκόνα
	τὴν ἀετοῦ δείκνυσιν ὕψει τῶν λόγων·
	ὑψηπετὴς γάρ ἐστιν ὡς θεολόγος,
	οὐρανίοις δόγμασιν αἰθεροδρόμος.

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)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Praise of the author
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24076] ἰω(άννης) τέταρτο(ς) αὖθις εἰκόνα [1201-1250] ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 56 [1201-1250] (f. 186v) (4 verses) [20187] ἰωάννης τέταρτος αὖθις εἰ\|κόνα [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 6, Cod. 36 [11th c.] (f. 145r) (4 verses) [26094] Ἰω(άννης) τέταρτος αὖθις εἰκόνα [12th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghiou Taphou 47 [12th c.] (f. 113v) (4 verses) [18851] NA [15th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 400 (Vlad. 17) [12th c.] (f. 218v) (4 verses) [26342] Ἰωάννης τέταρτος \| αὖθις, εἰκόνα [12th c.] OXFORD - Lincoln College 17 [12th c.] (f. 292r) (4 verses)
Related type(s)	[4089] Ματθαῖος ἐστὶ μυστικὸς πρῶτος τύπος (4 verses) (Same cycle) [5190] Ὁ Μάρκος ἐστὶ δεύτερος τύπος πάλιν (4 verses) (Same cycle) [6179] Λουκᾶς δ' ὁ θεῖος τρίτος ὑπάρχει τύπος (4 verses) (Same cycle)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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) , 15890 Vassis ICB 2005, 370: "In s. Ioannem evang."
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