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Or 13808
- Record Id:
- 032-003453166
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003453166
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079852933.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171605166.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13808
- Title:
- The Four Gospels
- Scope & Content:
-
An Armenian manuscript containing:
The Four Gospels.
f.2r Flyleaf, fragment of a sharakan (hymn)
ff.3v-12v Canon Tables and Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus (including blank pages)
ff.13r-106v Gospel of St Matthew
ff.106v-167v Gospel of St Mark
ff.168r-261r Gospel of St Luke
ff.261v-328v Gospel of St John
ff.330r-v Flyleaf, fragment from Psalm 17/18:42-50
Illuminations profuse throughout the manuscript. Principal decorations:
ff.9v-10r Letter of Eusebius
f.16v Portrait of St Matthew
f.17r Headpiece to the Gospel of St Matthew
f.109v Portrait of St Mark
f.110 Headpiece to the Gospel of St Mark
f.172r Portrait of St Luke
f.173v Headpiece to the Gospel of St Luke
f.264v Portrait of St John
f.265 Headpiece to the Gospel of St John
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003453166", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 13808: The Four Gospels" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003453166
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003453166
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171605166.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Vellum. 330 folios. 14 x 9.5 cm (written surface 8.5 x 5 cm). Blank paper leaf between f.324 and f.325. Blank vellum f.1, ff.2v-3r, ff.4v-5r, ff.6v-7r, ff.8v-9r, ff.10v-11r, f.12v, f.109r, f.329. Text in two columns of 20-21 lines. Text is written in 17th-century bolorgir. Two vellum leaves, f.2 and f.330, are from an earlier 15th-century manuscript, also written in bolorgir, and contain sections from the Psalter. Binding is carved and hammered silver, partially gilded, with green velvet doublures on the inside covers, one of several silver bindings executed at Kayseri in 1653-1691, not originally made for this manuscript but placed on it in later years. Their removal has revealed the original binding of thick paper boards with black paper covers and brown leather, floral stamped designs on the spine. The green-coloured velvet on the inside covers was added with the silver cover.
- 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 321-327.
- Publications:
- 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 321-327.
- Exhibitions:
- Gold, British Library, London, 20 May 2022 - 2 October 2022
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)