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Source Description
Binding is non-original.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
91253
label
Binding from Gospel of the Translators
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
91253
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Gospel of the Translators
description
Binding is non-original.
provenance
[Created in 966 (Armenian era given 415), fol. 2v]; Erevan [note by Ter Nerses on recto of last fly leaf, 1575 (Armenian era given 1024), this sixteenth-century colophon was copied by Amirxan Yovhannes Amirean], 1575; Yovhannes Amirxanean, November 20, 1839 [verso of last fly leaf]; Hovannes Amirkan, 1843 [recto of first fly leaf]; Armenian Catholic Congregation, Monastery of Gregory the Illuminator, [recto of last fly leaf: This Gospels is in commemoration of the monastery of Saint Grigor the Illuminator, for the Lebanese monks who are in Rome, in the year of the Lord 1844 and on the 2nd February.... In memory of the ""Illustrious, Noble and Revered orthodox noble Ala Amirxane Yovhannes Amireanc‘ of New Julfa, for the sake of his soul and for the sake of his whole pious and God-loving family."" ""Through the mediation of Father Vrt‘anes Eiwliwnceanc‘. A.K. the Apostolic Misionary in Pars and in New Julfa.""], Rome, February 2, 1844; Yovhannes Amirxaneanc‘, February 10, 1844 [by note]; Tabriz (T‘rviz), April 26, 1844 [note by Yovhannes Amirxaneanc‘ recto of first fly leaf]; Monastery of the Antonian Fathers, Ortakeuy, near Istanbul, 1910; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century
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rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
bindings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
32.5
height
25.5
depth
9.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 12 13/16 x 10 1/16 x 3 3/4 in. (32.5 x 25.5 x 9.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Armenian; Christian
style
Armenian
med
Modern dark brown goatskin on wood, blind-tooled with lines and dots forming a cross of guilloche work within a trilobe outline on the upper cover, and, on the lower cover, a design of interlacing circles; three thong-clasps are missing
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6300
8634
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MSS
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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8b058c4d04e622a6