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Or 16004

Record Id:

032-003452998

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003452998

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100079541274.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100171512352.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 16004

Title:

Collection of songs, tales and religious texts

Scope & Content:

An Armenian manuscript containing:

f.1r Blank

f.1v Beautiful chant, except for the title it is written in Turkish in Armenian letters

f.2r Blank

ff.2v-3r Chant of happiness

ff.3v-4r List of contents

f.4v Blank

ff.5r-53v Vardan vardapet Aygekts'i, 'Commentary on the ten sacraments for the merchants'

ff.53v-64v The question of Bishop Mik'ayēl of Antioch, 'How is man created in the image of God?' The answer of Vardan vardapet Aygekts'i

ff.65r-75r Sermon on the six steps by which man reaches up to God through good deeds

ff.75r-88v Concerning the sleepless sons

ff.88v-104r A fearful, awesome and surprising vision, which came to a priest in a village in Cyprus, belonging to the order of the monks of 'Grass-eaters'

ff.104r-110r Confession of the Holy Trinity and one God

ff.110r-117v On the vision of the Holy Virgin Mother of God

ff.118r-129v The vision of the apostle Paul speaking to an angel

ff.129v-140v History of St Gregory the Enlightener and the question he put to the angel while in the convent of Maneay

ff.140v-154r The coming of the Lord and the end of the world

ff.145v-149v Blank

ff.150r-163r Yovhannēs Erznkats'i, 'Advice to Christians, priests'

ff.163r-170v Concerning adultery and false confession

ff.170v-178v Concerning blasphemy and cursing

ff.179r-183v Concerning prayer

ff.184r-187v Concerning charity and Lent

ff.188r-197v Story of the boy and girl who asked each other concerning happiness

ff.198r-204r History of King Nushravan

ff.204r-211v History of the great and proud Andigonos, King of the Babylonians

ff.212r-v Blank, contains two seals of 'Martiros, servant of Christ'

ff.213r-236v The Story of Joseph the beautiful

ff.236v-241v History of the city of Antioch

ff.241v-248r Aṛak'el Shnorhali, Praise to the Holy Virgin Mary in verse

ff.248r-266v Sermon on the First Coming of Christ

ff.267r-283r History of the Holy Cross and its return from Persia

ff.283v-309v History of the Armenian nation composed in verse by Vahram vardapet

ff.309v-316v On the capture of the city of Constantinople in AE 902 (1453 CE)

ff.316v-318v The turmoil caused by the Turks among the Greeks concerning the date for the celebration of Easter, AE 455 (1006 CE)

ff.318v-351r Epiphanius, Archbishop of Cyprus, 'Sermon on Intercession'

ff.351v-358r Love chants (tagh)

ff.358v-371v The Apostolic Canon

ff.372r-385v An awesome and surprising vision... [Repeating the text of ff.88v-104r]

ff.386r-411v Story of the bronze city

ff.412r-416r Selection of fables (Aghvesagirk, Book of the Fox)

ff.416r-417r Chant in praise of Jerusalem

ff.417v-421v Blank

ff.422r-436v Selection of chants and elegies

ff.437r-455v The life of St. Alek'sios

ff.456r-481v The story of Ahikar [incomplete]

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Armenian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003452998

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003452998

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Codex, 481 ff

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Armenian
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Armenian

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Paper. 481 leaves. 19 x 14.5 cm (written surface 14 x 11 cm). Text in a single column of 16 lines. Text is in bolorgir in black ink, with titles in red ink. Binding is dark-brown calf over wooden boards, with flap, tooling, holes for pins, doublures of printed linen with leaf designs in red and black.

Finding Aids:

For more information, see Nersessian, Vrej. 2012. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Library acquired since the year 1913 and of collections of other libraries in the United Kingdom, Volume Two. London: The British Library. pp 792-800.

Publications:

Thomson, R.W. 1995. A Bibliography of Classical Armenian Literature to AD 1500. Turnhout: Brepols.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)