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
ark:/88435/dcq237j622w
Publisher
[1219].
Language
Armenian
Date Created
1219
Extent
251 leaves : paper, ill. ; 230 x 150 mm.
Provenance
From the church of Holy Sion and the Life-giving Cross; obtained from Maggs (Cat. 675, no. 1, 1939).
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Scribe: Kostandin (Constantine), who signed and dated the colophon on fol. 119.
Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures (the Four Evangelists, the Annunciation, and the Nativity are different paper in later 17th-century hand); canon tables; initials.
Origin: Written in the church of the Holy Sion and the Life-giving Cross in Cilicia, Armenia in 1219 (Armenian era 668).
Binding Note
Old calf over wooden boards, with flap and bosses.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Armenian—New Jersey—Princeton
Canon tables
Manuscripts—Armenia—13th century
Paper
Bosses (Bindings)
Calf bindings
Wooden boards

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