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Or 14908
- Record Id:
- 032-003453165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003453165
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079852608.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100187396645.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 14908
- Title:
- Hymnal
- Scope & Content:
-
An Armenian manuscript containing:
ff.2r-317v Hymnal (Sharaknots'), of the Cilician type
Major decorations:
f.1v A full-page miniature depicting the Prayer of Joachim and Anna
f.31r A full-page miniature depicting the Presentation in the Temple
f.50r A full-page miniature depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
f.114v A full-page miniature depicting the Holy Women at the Sepulchre
f.159v A full-page miniature depicting the Descent of the Holy Ghost or Pentecost
Marginal miniatures are present throughout the manuscript.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003453165", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 14908: Hymnal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003453165
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003453165
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item, 317 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1516
- End Date:
- 1516
- Date Range:
- 1516
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Vellum. 317 leaves. 12.2 x 8.4 cm (written surface 9.1 x 5.8 cm). Text is written in small bolorgir, 23 lines, ruled in red, with rubrics in red, first lines of principal hymns in gold bolorgir, initials in colours and gold. Supralinear neumes. Binding is contemporary blind-tooled brown calf, with red silk doublures.
- 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 508-512.
- Publications:
- Ter Mik'aelian, Nersēs. 1905. Das armenische Hymnarium: Studien zu seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung. Leipzig.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)