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Add MS 27301
- Record Id:
- 032-003456963
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003456963
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082037952.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171507533.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27301
- Title:
- Lives of the Desert Fathers
- Scope & Content:
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An Armenian manuscript containing the following:
ff.1r-444r Lives of the Desert Fathers
ff.444v-447v Principal colophon
Headpieces and 25 illuminated pictures of saints are present throughout the manuscript. The most remarkable are on ff.5v, 228v, 255v, 322v, 325r, 329v, 333v, 334r, 344v, 353v, 358, 362v, 363r, 413r, 431v, 436r.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003456963", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 27301: Lives of the Desert Fathers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003456963
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003456963
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item, 447 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171507533.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1614
- End Date:
- 1614
- Date Range:
- 1614
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Glazed paper. 447 folios. 23.8 x 16.5 cm (written surface 18 x 12.4 cm). Text in double columns in 33 lines. Text is written in notrgir. Certain folios are misplaced and should follow this order: 334, 344, 336-343, 335, 345. Oriental binding in black leather.
- 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 209-215.
- Publications:
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Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 209-215.
Cowe, S. Peter. 2011. 'Armenian Hagiography' in Stephanos Efthymiadis (ed.) The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography. Farnham: Ashgate. 299-332.
Nersessian, Vrej Nerses. 2007. 'Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Armenian Hagiography' in Ken Parry (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity. Oxford: Blackwell. 458-461. - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)