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Sermons and other texts
Title
Sermons and other texts.
Created
unknown, 1500-1599.
Physical Description
1 volume (162 leaves) : paper ; 160 mm x 120 mm
Language
Armenian
Notes
Layout: single column of 20-28 lines.
Script: bolorgir.
Decoration: some marginal ornaments. Rubrication.
Binding: stamped leather over boards.
No colophon present; dating suggested by paleography. Manuscript written by several hands, including Asil (named on f. 58v). Inscriptions, in notragir, on inside front cover and on flyleaf indicate that in AE 1140 (=AD 1691) the volume was owned by Varder in the village of Munčusun.
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 Varder. 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 (incomplete) of a collection of sermons and other texts. Contents include sermons on animals, reptiles, sinners, and creatures who are subject to the laws of God (ff. 1r-v, 52r-58v), as well as three incomplete unidentified sermons (ff. 2r-40v); Gēorg Vardapet, On the early and late Easter, ff. 66r-68v; Commentary on the Gospel of John, ff. 68v-69v; sermon by St. Ephrem [Syrus], ff. 93r-94r; On the death of the Mother of God by the blessed Grigor, ff. 41r-51v; John Chrysostom, On fasts and prayers, ff. 94r-114v; "On Chronology," a chronicle in several hands to AE 787 (=AD 1338) and again from AE 478 (=AD 1029) to AE 749 (=AD 1300), ff. 144v-148v.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 14, 2022
References
Avedis K. Sanjian, Catalogue of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts in the United States (Berkeley, 1976), no. 20, pp. 113-15
Sermons and Other Texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Sermons and Other Texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Chronicles.
Manuscripts, Medieval - 16th century.
Manuscripts, Armenian - 16th century.
Sermons.
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