Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4103
(formerly typ/2197)

	Ἐπέσχε χεῖρα Μᾶρκος ἄρτι τοῦ γράφειν,
	ἐπεὶ τὸ σεπτὸν καὶ πυρίπνοον στόμα
	τούτου διετράνωσεν εἰς πᾶσαν κτίσιν
	Θεὸν φανέντα τοῖς βροτοῖς ἐπ' ἐσχάτων
	τῶν ἡμερῶν, ὅς ἐστιν ἄχρονος Λόγος,
	καθὼς γράφουσι τῶν προφητῶν αἱ βίβλοι.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content 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: 269 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: 383
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[21611] Ἐπεσχε χεῖρα μάρκος ἄρτι τοῦ γράφειν [10th c.] PARMA - Biblioteca Palatina - parm. 2319 (De Rossi 1) [10th c.] (f. 66v) (6 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 246: "In s. Marcum evang."
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