Bible | Four Gospels in Armenian

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Bible | Four Gospels in Armenian

Armenian, 1599 (Armenian Era 1048)

height 25 cm

295 leaves, color illustrations. Illumination at the beginning of each gospel; original goatskin binding. Full-page illustrations include ports. of the four Evangelists and 26 large miniatures representing the days of creation, events in the life of Christ, the last judgment, etc. Decorative marginal ornamentations throughout. Text in two parallel columns with rubricated capitals. Scribes: Martiros and Zakara, monks of Avan. (colophon).

Mount Angel Abbey Library,    VAULT vault unit 1 no.0007

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Manuscripts and Manuscript Illuminations
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Bible, Gospels
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