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Or 12550
- Record Id:
- 032-003453123
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003453123
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079830390.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12550
- Title:
- Menologium
- Scope & Content:
-
An Armenian manuscript containing:
ff.1r-616v Menologium, redaction of Grigor Tserēnts' of Khlat' (1350-1426)
Major decorations:
f.6v A full-page portrait of St Grigor the Illuminator and King Trdat
f.131v A quarter-page portrait of Cosmas and Damian
f.189v A full-page miniature in four panels showing St Grigor the Illuminator and his sons and grandsons, Saints Aristakēs, Vrt'anēs, Yusik and Grigoris
f.257v A full-page miniature, the top half divided into two panels that each contain an Annunciation scene, the lower half depicting the Adoration of the Magi
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003453123", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12550: Menologium" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003453123
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003453123
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item, 616 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1652
- End Date:
- 1652
- Date Range:
- 1652
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Vellum. 616 folios. 35.5 x 24.5 cm (cover 36 x 25.5 x 15 cm, written surface 28 x 18 cm). The final quire comprises only 4 leaves, with 2 folios of paper blank, 2 folios of vellum blank apart from scribbles, 1 folio vellum of blank, 2 folios of paper blank. Text in double columns of 38 lines. Text is in large bolorgir in black ink, with some red initials. Binding is stout calf on boards, probably 18th century, blind-tooled; two metal clasps on the front, traces of leather thongs on the back.
- 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 One. London: The British Library. pp 678-689.
- Publications:
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Girk' vor koch'i Aysmawurk'. 1706, 1708, 1730. Constantinople.
Dowsett, C.J.F. 1961. 'An illuminated Armenian Menologium,' The British Museum Quarterly XXIV:3-4, pp. 87-94.
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 One. London: The British Library. pp 678-689. - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)