Item Summary

Ms. Gospel book, preceded by the letter of Eusebius to Carpianus and Canon tables.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Gospel book].
Call Number
84.16
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcq237j622w
Publisher
[Cilicia], [1219].
Language
Armenian
Date Created
1219
Format
Manuscript
Extent
253 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 230 x 150 mm.
Provenance
From the church of Holy Sion and the Life-giving Cross; obtained from Maggs (Cat. 675, no. 1, 1939).
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2015.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Accompanied by description by seller.
Collation: Paper ; i + 253 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures (the Four Evangelists, the Annunciation, and the Nativity are different paper in later 17th-century hand). Canon tables have headpieces in either red or black (fol. 2v-6v). Opening page of each Gospel has a red headpiece and begins with a large red knotwork initial.
Origin: Written in the church of the Holy Sion and the Life-giving Cross in Cilicia, Armenia in 1219 (Armenian era 668) by Kostandin (Constantine) who signed and dated the colophon on fol. 119.
Binding Note
Later binding. Calf over wooden boards. Flap along fore-edge. Upper cover is blind-tooled, and has 28 bosses remaining bosses and several holes. Lower cover has blind-tooling and 4 holes in central design.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Armenian—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
514

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b48e8aab-3772-45a6-8517-42c47cb72648/manifest