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Four Gospels
Uniform Title
Bible. Gospels. Armenian
Title
Four Gospels.
Created
Zet'un, Germanik, Marash [that is, Süleymanlı, Turkey], 1594.
Physical Description
1 volume (iv + 322 + ii leaves, some blank) : paper, endleaves parchment ; 180 mm x 120 mm
Language
Armenian
Notes
Layout: 2 columns of 19 lines. Section numbers in margins against text, and concordance numbers in lower margins.
Script: bolorgir.
Decoration: bird letters and ornate capitals.
Binding: cloth, with remains of early brocade lined binding. Parchment endleaves from an older Gospel written in erkat'agir.
Principal colophon (ff. 319v-321r) indicates manuscript was written in AE 1043 (=AD 1594) in the church of Surb Sargis (St. Sergius) in Zet'un, Germanik (that is, Marash). Gospels of Matthew and Mark written by the priest Margarē and his pupil Anania Abełay; Gospels of Luke and John copied by the priest Vahan, son of Awetik' and Zmrut'. Illustrations executed by the priest Margarē. Volume was commissioned by Xočay Sargis and his brother Vasil, surnamed Alt'i Parmaxenc', and offered by them to the church of Surb Sargis as a memorial to patrons, their parents, children, and other relatives. Inscription (f. 321r), in notragir, states that the volume was again offered to the same church in AE 1245 (=AD 1796) by Katarinē and her husband, mahtesi Karapet, as a memorial to themselves and their children.
Portrait of Mark the Evangelist wanting.
In Armenian.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Avedis K. Sanjian.
Provenance
Copied at church of Surb Sargis. Previously owned by Katarinē and her husband, mahtesi Karapet. Inscription dated 1796. Inscription dated 1800. Gift of Edmund Wales Holmes, 1922.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Illuminated manuscript on paper of the four Gospels. Contains (1) Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus, ff. 2v-3r; (2) Canon Tables I-X, ff. 3v-7r; (3) index to Gospel of Matthew, including colophon, ff. 7v-9r; (4) conconrdance to the four Gospels, f. 9v; (5) Gospel of Matthew, including preface and portrait, ff. 10r-100r; (6) Gospel of Mark, including preface and portrait, ff. 101r-159v; (7) prayer mentioning priest Margarē, f. 159v; (8) Gospel of Luke, including index, preface, and portrait, ff. 160r-251r; (9) Gospel of John, including index, preface, and portrait of John and Prochoros, ff. 252r-318r; (10) reading on the woman taken in adultery, 319r; (11) principal colophon, ff. 319v-321r.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
May 27, 2022
References
Avedis K. Sanjian, Catalogue of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts in the United States (Berkeley, 1976), no. 33, pp. 178-83
Four Gospels. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Four Gospels. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.
Canon tables.
Gospels.
Illuminated manuscripts - Armenia - 16th century.
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Manuscripts, Armenian - 16th century.
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