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Or 4580
- Record Id:
- 032-003453170
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003453170
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079853285.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172081922.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4580
- Title:
- Collection of tales
- Scope & Content:
-
An Armenian manuscript containing:
ff.2v-4r, 5r-10r Hymns
ff.11r-97r History of Alexander (Alexander Romance), with kafas
ff.97v-120r History of the Brazen City (City of Bronze), with kafas
ff.120v-125r History of King Bahlul
ff.125v-133r History of the youth and the maid
ff.133r-164r History of King Zarmanazan
ff.164v-190v History of Barlam and Josaphat
ff.191r-212r History of Khikar (Ahiqar)
ff.212r-222r History of the birth and upbringing of that minister of Satan, Mahmet, and of his reign
ff.222r-241r A narrative of the birth, upbringing and evil deeds of the Antichrist, and of the work of Elias and Enoch
ff.241r-279r Songs
Provenance notes on f.10v and f.283
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003453170", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 4580: Collection of tales" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003453170
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003453170
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item, 283 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100172081922.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 16th century - 17th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Glazed paper. 283 folios, with the first 11 and final 5 folios left blank by original scribe and later filled, and ff.1-9 and 283 being of a coarser paper and perhaps a later addition. 15.3 x 10.8 cm (written surface 10 x 7 cm). Text is in a single column of 23 lines. Text is written in notrgir in black ink, with titles and other headers in red ink. Binding is brown leather with flap, the metal studs and clasps are lost.
- Finding Aids:
- For more information, see Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 277-281.
- Publications:
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Conybeare, Frederick Cornwallis. 1896. 'The Barlaam and Josaphat Legend in the Ancient Georgian and Armenian Literatures,' Folk-Lore 7, pp 101-142.
Russell, James R. 1983. 'The Tale of the Bronze City in Armenian' in Thomas J. Samuelian and Michael E. Stone (eds.) Medieval Armenian Culture. Chico, CA: Scholars Press. pp 250-261.
Russell, James R. 2009. 'The Cross and the Lotus: The Armenian Miscellancy Patmut'iwn płnjē k'ałak'i ('History of the City of Brass') on the Periphery of the Iranian Oikoumene' in Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart (eds.) The Idea of Iran, Volume IV: The Rise of Islam. London: I.B. Tauris. pp 71-83.
Simonyan, Hasmik. 1989. Patmut'iwn Aghek'sandri Makedonats'wots': Haykakan xmbagrut‘iwnner. Erevan: Academy of Sciences.
Srapyan, Armenuhi. 1983. Patmut'iwn vasn mankann ew aghjkann, patmut'iwn yaghags P'ahlul t'agaworin. Erevan: Academy of Sciences.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)