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Or 8831
- Record Id:
- 032-003456925
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003456925
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082011642.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171517690.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 8831
- Title:
- Hymnal
- Scope & Content:
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An Armenian manuscript containing:
ff.7r-353v Hymnal
ff.354r-357v Blank, intended for principal colophon, but the scribe has written only the letter 'P' of the initial word.
Major full-page decorations:
f.1v The last supper
f.2r The washing of the feet
f.3r Christ on the way to Golgotha
f.15v Nativity
f.35v Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple
f.41r The Holy King Theodosius
f.41v King David and St James
f.58v The Garden of Eden
f.108v The raising of Lazarus
f.111r Entry into Jerusalem
f.122v Crucifixion
f.133r The lowering of the body of Christ from the cross
f.133v Entombment
f.136v The resurrection
f.171r Ascension
f.183v Pentecost
f.232v Christ in glory
f.333r The Last Judgement
f.333v Harrowing of Hell
The manuscript is also richly decorated with headpieces and marginal illustrations throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003456925", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 8831: Hymnal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003456925
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003456925
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item, 357 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171517690.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1487
- End Date:
- 1487
- Date Range:
- 1487
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- White, fine vellum. 357 folios. 13 x 9.5 cm (written surface 9 x 6.1 cm). Text in a single column of 23 lines. Text is written in bolorgir, with red ink titles and many bird letters or other ornate capitals. Binding is stamped dark brown leather over boards, with flap and leather straps missing, spine slightly repaired in identical leather. Linen doublure on the inside of the front and back covers is green with yellow stripes.
- 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 468-476.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of materials for writing, early writings on tablets and stones, rolled and other manuscripts and oriental manuscript books, in the library of the Hon. Robert Curzon Parham in the county of Sussex. 1849. London. pp 16-18.
Curzon, R. 1854. Armenia: A year at Erzeroom, and on the frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia. London.
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 468-476.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)