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Or 14185A and B

Record Id:

032-003453009

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003453009

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Or 14185A and B

Title:

Girk‘ Ramli - Գիրք Րամլի

Scope & Content:

An Armenian manuscript containing a treatise on magic, astrology, and divination, as well as flip notebook with notes on the manuscript.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Armenian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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032-003453009

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Contains:

Or 14185A : Treatise on magic, astrology and divination
Or 14185B : Notes and summary on an Armenian treatise on magic

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032-003453009

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

2 items in 2 volumes

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Armenian
Persian
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic
Armenian

Start Date:

1660

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

Late 17th century-19th century

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Two items.

Or 14185A. Glazed paper of European origin with watermark 'PB'. 243 folios. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Text in irregular notary's hand in double columns of 31 lines, enclosed in thick double margins painted fuschia. Many pages have been divided into compartments and then left blank: ff.12r-v, 14r-v, 23v-27v, 31r-56v, 68r-74r, 87r-92v, 97v-103v, 106r-109v, 111r-112r, 113r, 114r, 117v-118v, 120v-123v, 127r-134r, 136v-142v, 144r, 149v-150r, 151r-154r, 155v-156r, 157r-160r, 164r-v, 166v, 167v-168r, 175v, 176v-177v, 178v, 179v, 180v-182v, 184r, 194r-v, 197r-200v, 204v, 205v-212r, 214v-218r, 219v-221v, 227v-228r, 234r-243r. In several places, decorations from printed books have been cut and pasted into the manuscript, as on ff.4v, 169r, 185r. Rebound in brown calfskin with flap.

Or 14185B. Paper. 54 leaves, plus 3 blank flyleaves at each end. 11.5 x 19.5 cm. A notebook written in notary's hand. 16 lines. Rebound in brown calfskin.

Custodial History:

The item passed into Nersēs Tigran T'ašchian's hands in 1905.

Source of Acquisition:

Both items were purchased in 1983 from Alis Robbins, daughter of Nersēs Tigran T'ašchian, originally from Cairo.

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 1114-1116.

Publications:

Feydit, Frédéric. 1986. Amulettes des l'Arménie chrétienne. Venice.

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 1114-1116.

Russell, James R. 1987. Zoroastrianism in Armenia. Cambridge, MA.

Russell, James R. 1988. 'The Book of the Six Thousand: An Armenian Magical Text', Banber Erevani Hamalsarani I:64, pp. 85-93.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)