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Or 13804
- Record Id:
- 032-003456922
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003456922
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082009635.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171510808.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13804
- Title:
- Psalter
- Scope & Content:
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An Armenian manuscript containing:
ff.2r-3v Nersēs Shnorhali's Hawatov Khostovanim, verse 17 to the end
f.2v Full-page miniature of the Virgin and Child
ff.4r-26r Canon I
f.26v Blank, except for short inscription
ff.27r-54r Canon II
f.54v Inscription
ff.55r-v Eulogy in verse
ff.56r-88r Canon III
f.88v Colophon
ff.89r-116v Canon IV
ff.117r-148v Canon V
ff.149r-178v Canon VI
ff.179r-210v Canon VII
ff.211r-255v Canon VIII
ff.255v-256v 'Glory to God in the highest'
ff.257r-258v Section of the Armenian Hymnal
ff.259r-v Eulogy on the Psalter
ff.259v-260r Principal colophon
f.260v Later inscription, now erased
Four paper flyleaves, originally a single sheet, with an Encyclical (Kondak) bearing the number 14770 and concerning the sending of the Holy Chrism through a representation. Mentions the Catholicos Gabriēl of Sis (1757-70).
Aside from the full-page miniature, illuminations comprise headpieces and marginal decorations.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003456922", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 13804: Psalter" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003456922
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003456922
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 261 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171510808.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1283
- End Date:
- 1283
- Date Range:
- 1283
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Vellum. 261 folios, plus 4 paper leaves (f.1 bound at the end of the manuscript). 23 x 15 cm (written surface 16 x 10.5 cm). Text in a single column of 17 lines. Text is written in bolorgir, with rose-red rubrics, uncial initial letters. Binding is blind-tooled light brown calf, slightly worn, rebound in light brown calf overlaid by the original covers.
- 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 107-115.
- Publications:
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Azaryan, L.Ṛ. 1964. Kilikyan manrankarchut'yunně XII-XIII dd (Cilician miniature painting of the 12th-13th centuries). Erevan. pp 87-88.
Hapēshian, Haykazn. 1922. Saghmosaran gruats Lewon III, t'agawori hamar = Ein im Auftrage des Königs Leo III. abgeschriebenes Psalterium (1283). Vienna.
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 107-115.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)