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Source Description
The binding is non-original.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
91135
label
Binding from Gospels
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
91135
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Gospels
description
The binding is non-original.
provenance
Bishop Karapet, Poghoskan hermitage, 1193, by commission [see dedicatory inscription, fol. 12v and colophon]; Catholicos John VI [Katholikos Ohannes (Yovhannes VI)], before 1221 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Smbat (nephew of Catholicos John VI), 1221, by gift [presented at the patriarchal see of Hromkla, see colophon, fol. 314v]; In the possession of Gevork', son of Nazluxan, in 1770, [mode of acquisition unknown; see inscription on upper board]; Khodja Hovannes (Yohannes), between 14th and 18th centuries, by gift [from Gevork']; Monastery of St. Thomas, between 14th and 18th centuries [mode of acquisition unknown, undated inscription on fol. 314r states that the manuscript was given to the Monastery of T'umay A?ak'eal (Apostle Thomas) in memory of Xawcay Yovanes, his brother Yulut'lu, father Inap, and mother Zatay]; Nazlu Khatun, 1770 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Ter Hohannes, late 18th/early 19th century [mode of acquisition unknown]; New Nakhijevan, Armenia, before 1889 to after 1903; Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1903 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
bindings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.5
height
20
depth
7.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 10 13/16 x W: 7 7/8 x D: 2 15/16 in. (27.5 x 20 x 7.5 cm); Folio H: 10 3/8 × W: 7 5/16 in. (26.4 × 18.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Christian; Armenian
style
Armenian
inscriptions
[Translation] Inscribed on one upper cover plaque in Armenian: The cross is a memorial of Nazlu Kha[t'un] and her son Gevork'
and she gave this healing holy Gospels for the enjoyment of Ter Hohannes
in the year 1770.
med
wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather with linear designs, triangular metal plaques with incised floral motifs nailed at upper cover corners and four quaterfoil plaques nailed in random arrangement, one of unornamented silver, two of a base metal and each with a small relief of the crucified Christ
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6300
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MSS
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7c292bc9db6fc7cc