Item Summary

Standard Armenian hymnal. Incomplete. Lacking a number of hymns.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Hymnal]
Call Number
C0744.14 (Garrett Armenian, no. 5)
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcfb494q10d
Publisher
[Turkey], [17th century]
Language
Armenian
Date Created
1600-1699
Extent
269 leaves : paper ; 163 x 110 (110 x 65) mm bound to 166 x 115 mm.
References
Sanjian, A. K. A catalogue of medieval Armenian manuscripts in the United States, 92, pages 404-405.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Previously listed as Princeton's Garrett MS. 21. Princeton University Library label (inside upper cover). Garrett's bookplate (inside lower cover). Thread page markers.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 269 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 24 lines per page ; ruled.
Decoration: Most of the initials are zoomorphic letters. Red letters with larger sections zoomor... A few marginal decorations. Illuminated section headers (fol. 31r, 215r)
Binding Note
Contemporaneous? binding. Embossed silver in high relief over leather. Upper cover depicts a sacrifice and the Hebrews in a fiery furnace, lower cover depicts the Widow's Mite. Spine inscription in Armenian reads in part: "... adorned with silver at the city of Kayseri by ... Malxas M. Ōhannēs in the year 1119 [1670]". Binding is likely re-used.

Discovery Information

Subject
Sacred vocal music—Armenia—Early works to 1800
Hymns, Armenian—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Armenian—New Jersey—Princeton
Hymnals
figure initials
headpieces (layout features)
Donors' bookplates
illuminated manuscripts
Silver bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
542

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b9784cc5-af9f-4326-983b-220456f8ed92/manifest