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Type 5190
(formerly typ/3241)

	Ὁ Μάρκος ἐστὶ δεύτερος τύπος πάλιν
	λέοντος ἡμῖν μυστικῶς ἠνιγμένος,
	τὸ βασιλικὸν καὶ δυνατὸν τοῦ λόγου,
	ὃν ἐξ Ἰούδα Ἰσραὴλ σκύμνον ἔφυ.

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)	Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Praise of the author
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24079] Ὁ μάρκος ἐστὶν δεύτερο(ς) \| τύπος πάλιν [1201-1250] ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 56 [1201-1250] (f. 93r-93v) (4 verses) [20186] Ὁ μάρκος ἐστὶ, δεύτερος τύπο(ς) \| πάλιν [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 6, Cod. 36 [11th c.] (f. 70r) (4 verses) [26090] Ὁ μάρκος ἐστὶ δεύτερο(ς) τύπος πάλ(ιν) [12th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghiou Taphou 47 [12th c.] (f. 56r) (4 verses) [23078] (…) μάρ(κος) ἐστὶ δεύτερος τύπος πάλ(ιν) [15th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 400 (Vlad. 17) [12th c.] (f. 78v) (4 verses) [26337] ὁ μάρκος ἐστὶ, δεύτερο(ς) \| τύπος πάλιν [12th c.] OXFORD - Lincoln College 17 [12th c.] (f. 141v) (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) [4089] Ματθαῖος ἐστὶ μυστικὸς πρῶτος τύπος (4 verses) (Same cycle)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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) , 15889 Vassis ICB 2005, 525: "In s. Marcum evang."
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