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Or 14821
- Record Id:
- 032-003460071
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085276833.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171605798.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 14821
- Title:
- Հմայիլ Hmayil, Prayer scroll
- Scope & Content:
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An Armenian scroll containing two extracts from Grigor Narekats'i's Book of Lamentation (Soliloquies XII and XLI), a prayer against the devil, and an extract from the Gospel of St Matthew (9:27-34, the healing of the two blind men). Some texts are missing from the beginning.
Thirteen large miniatures: portrait of St Gregory the Enlightener, Annunciation, Nativity, Presentation in the Temple, Baptism, Entry into Jerusalem, the washing of the feet, Crucifixion, entombment, Ascension, Transfiguration, Christ again on the cross, portrait of St Matthew.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Armenian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003460071", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 14821: Հմայիլ Hmayil, Prayer scroll" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460071
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003460071
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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1 item, 1 f
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171605798.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Armenian
- Scripts:
- Armenian
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. 273 x 10.8 cm. Text written in bolorgir, divisions of geometric bands, headings in coloured inks. Seven sheets attached end to end, damaged at the beginning, first membrane backed and pasted over with the 'Ex Libris' bookplate of the owner Haroutune Hazarian (1886-1981).
- 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 Two. London: The British Library. pp 1107-1110.
- Publications:
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Feydit, Frédéric. 1986. Amulettes de l'Arménie chrétienne. Venice: S. Lazar.
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 Two. London: The British Library. pp 1107-1110.
Russell, James R. 2011. 'The Armenian Magical Scroll and Outsider Art,' Iran and the Caucasus 15, pp. 5-47. - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)