A compilation with commentaries on Gospels (Meknutiun), West Armenia, 18th century, with silver binding decorated with Christian scenes, Kayseri, Ottoman, end of 17th century
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April 24, 03:45 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Armenian manuscript on paper, 285 leaves, 23-32 lines to the page written in boloragir in black and red ink, opening leaf with index, incomplete at end; the silver binding worked in repoussé, the front cover with the nativity scene with angels above holding a banner inscribed in ergatagir script, back cover with a scene of God enthroned flanked by Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary above a scene of the Last Judgement
16.1 by 12.3cm.
Ex-collection Haroutune Hazarian (1886-1981), New York
Ex-collection Dr. Vartan Ghugasian
Haroutune Hazarian (1886-1981) was an avid collector of important Armenian manuscripts and ceramics (see Armenian Ceramic Art: An Exhibition from the Collections of Tina & Haroutune Hazarian and Dr. Paul Z. Bedoukian, Armenian Museum, New York, 1982)
inscriptions
in the banner on the binding: 'Glory to God in Heaven and peace on Earth'
The elaborately worked silver binding of this manuscript is closely comparable to an example in the MET Museum (acc. no.16.99). The same scenes adorn a binding made in Kayseri by M. Karapet Malkhas, dated 1671 in the Mekhitarist Library, Vienna, MS 416, and another in the Matenadaran in Erevan.
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