[Gospel book].

Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Armenian
Published/​Created
[1627-1633]
Description
332 leaves : parchment ; 110 x 80 mm.

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    Former owner.
    Related name
    Rare books genre
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    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Scribe: Written by Luke, who signed and dated the manuscript and copied it from a manuscript by Gregory of Tathev (14th or 15th century).
    • Decoration: 3 full-page miniatures, 1 small miniature, illuminated incipit pages, canon frames, 25 pen-and-ink drawings by the artist Khatchatur of Julfa.
    • Origin: Written at the monastery of Tathev (old form Statheus) in the northeastern part of greater Armenia.
    Binding note
    Modern red morocco in maroon morocco solander case.
    Language note
    Armenian.
    Provenance
    Executed for Garabed, a priest in the patriarchate of the Catholicus Moses, in the reign of Sakoon, Shah of Persia; presented to William T. Scheide by Wm. J. Eavenson in 1907.
    Cite as
    Scheide Library, Princeton University. M 80.
    Place name(s)
    Armenia.
    OCLC
    54750148
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