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Or 5761
- Record Id:
- 032-003458944
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003458944
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083926155.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171515675.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 5761
- Title:
- Four Gospels
- Scope & Content:
-
An Armenian manuscript containing:
The Four Gospels.
ff.1v-2r Letter to Eusebius
ff.2v-6r Canon Tables
ff.6v-80r Gospel of St Matthew, with preceding preface and titles of chapters
ff.80v-132r Gospel of St Mark, with preceding material
ff.132r-205r Gospel of St Luke, with preceding material
ff.205r-251r Gospel of St John, with preceding material
ff.251v-254v Colophons
Major decorations:
f.1r Full-page image of the devil and demons trying to pull the souls of the faithful down into hell
ff.8v, 82v, 134v, 206v Portraits of the Evangelists
Arabesques and marginal figures throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003458944", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 5761: Four Gospels" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003458944
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003458944
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item, 149 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171515675.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1402
- End Date:
- 1402
- Date Range:
- 1402
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Vellum, for ff.20-149, and paper, for ff.1-19, 150-254, as well as ff.82, 83, 134, 135. The vellum sheets are a palimpsest of a Latin mss in Gothic hand, identified by F.C. Conybeare as a canon law book of the 14th century, the rubrics of which are still visible in places. 23 x 18.5 cm (written surface 17.5 x 11.5 cm). Text in two columns of 23 lines. Text is written in bolorgir. Binding is modern half 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 36-39.
- Publications:
- Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 36-39.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)