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Four Gospels
Uniform Title
Bible. Gospels. Armenian
Title
Four Gospels.
Created
unknown, 1299 and later.
Physical Description
1 volume (298 leaves, including endleaves) : paper ; 235 mm x 160 mm
Language
Armenian
Notes
Layout: two columns of 20-21 lines. Concordances in lower margins.
Script: bolorgir, with portions in notragir.
Decoration: 25 marginal miniatures; many marginal ornaments, primarily arabesques, floral designs, and birds, as well as some temples, medallions, and other motifs. Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic letters. Rubrication.
Binding: plain leather over boards; upper part of back cover wanting. Front and back endleaves from older Gospel manuscript.
Foliation in Sanjian includes endleaves. with f. 1 the front pastedown,
Manuscript has been restored at least twice; missing parts added by different scribes. Oldest part of manuscript (ff. 54-76, 176-220, 225-294) was written by scribe Step'anos at the church of Surb Astuacacin (Holy Theotokos) in AE 748 (=AD 1299). Another scribe, Margarē (whose name is mentioned in inscriptions on ff. 132, 222, 223), added ff. 77-78, 80-132, 135-175, 222-224, which have marginal miniatures likely completed in 14th century. In the late 16th or 17th century another scribe, unnamed, wrote ff. 5-53v, 79, 134, 224, and completed missing parts of ff. 54-76. Colophon on f. 294v states that the rabuni Psak wrote the "principal letters" (that is, the initials or capitals) in AE 1162 (=AD 1713).
According to principal colophon (ff. 292r-294v), Step'anos wrote the manuscript for his own use. A later colophon (f. 294v) in notragir, dated AD 1713, indicates the manuscript was subsequently owned by Honac'i Zak'ar, the priest Abgar, and his son Grigor.
In Armenian.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Avedis K. Sanjian.
Provenance
Previously owned by Step'anos. Previously owned by Honac'i Zak'ar. Previously owned by Abgar and his son Grigor. Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of the four Gospels. Contains (1) Gospel of Matthew, ff. 5r-77r; (2) Gospel of Mark, including preface and index, ff. 77r-130r; (3) Gospel of Luke, ff. 135r-220v; (4) Gospel of John, including preface and index, ff. 222v-223r; (5) opening page of Gospel of John, from another manuscript, f. 224r-v; (6) Gospel of John, ff. 225r-291v; (7) principal colophon, dated AD 1299, ff. 292r-294v; (8) colophon, dated AD 1713, f. 294v. Ff. 1-3 and 296-298 are from another Gospel manuscript; ff. 1 and 298 are used as front and rear pastedowns, respectively.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 06, 2022
References
Avedis K. Sanjian, Catalogue of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts in the United States (Berkeley, 1976), no. 9, pp. 76-81
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
Gospels.
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Manuscripts, Armenian - 13th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - 13th century.
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