Item Summary

Armenian psalter and an abbreviated version of the Armenian breviary of Book of Hours. Incomplete at beginning and end.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Psalter and breviary]
Call Number
C0744.14 (Garrett Armenian, no. 3)
Identifier
ark:/88435/dck643bf67s
Publisher
[16th century?]
Language
Armenian
Date Created
1500-1599
Extent
100 leaves : parchment ; 115 x 90 (83-90 x 58) mm bound to 123 x 92 mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift. Rev. Christy Wilson, 1927.
References
Sanjian, A. K. A catalogue of medieval Armenian manuscripts in the United States, 90, pages 400-402.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1r-29v: [Psalter] Consisting of: Psalms 121, 131, 134-135, 137, 104 and 113; Prayer of Habakkuk, Hymn of the Virgin Mary, Psalm 148 and the Prayer of Manasseh.
2. fol. 30r-110v: [Breviary]. Consisting of Nocturnal hour, congression of priests, sermons, prayers, and offices.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Previously listed as Princeton's Garrett MS.19. Princeton Univeristy Library label (upper pastedown). Musical notations.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. 100 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 20 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition, some text is faint.
Decoration: Headpiece (fol. 42r). Initials in gold and blue, some are bird letters. A few marginal decorations.
Binding Note
Later? type III (without flap) binding in brown leather over wooden boards. Two leather straps from upper to lower cover (one is missing) Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Armenian Church—Liturgy—Texts—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Armenian—New Jersey—Princeton
Psalters
Breviaries
headpieces (layout features)
figure initials
Wooden boards
Headbands
straps (fasteners)

Physical Characteristics

File Count
190

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/94d2de40-4046-4154-94b2-f0f078c5f4a1/manifest