A handful of Armenian Gospel Books, ranging from the 12th to the early 14th century, refer in their colophons to an exemplar by a certain Grigor Murłanec‘i, “artful scribe and invincible scholar”. Who was this copyist, unknown to any other source, and what were the distinctive features of his manuscript, contributing to its popularity as a “choice and reliable model”? An integrated approach to the manuscript tradition helps answer these questions by taking into account the manuscripts’ iconography, textual peculiarities, and colophons, as well as the historical circumstances surrounding their production. Furthermore, exploring this tradition sheds new light on the Armenian scribal activity in and around Edessa, while also revealing connecti...
The production of a manuscript was a complex process, usually involving an intricate web of persons ...
Despite the long-standing attention of scholarship towards the beginnings of the Armenian press, the...
In the Armenian manuscript tradition exists a sizeable amount of scattered texts that are ascribed t...
The Gospel of Hałpat was defined as «The masterpiece of the Hałpat’s school», both thanks to the bea...
In medieval Rome the Armenians possessed a church and a hospice in the environs of St Peter, in Vati...
Comparative studies of Byzantine and Armenian illuminated manuscripts invariably highlight the Armen...
The illuminated Lvov Gospel Book of Skevra is the most valuable work of Armenian art in Polish colle...
The article analyses the content of the 6th, 7th and 8th colophon of the Skevra Gospels. To date it ...
As is well known, manuscript books had a crucial role in the elaboration and transmission of Armenia...
Personal notes left in books by their makers and users, colophons are an invaluable source of inform...
About a century ago, Armenian illuminated manuscripts attracted the attention of scholars and lovers...
“The hand that wrote rots in a grave, but what is written remains until the end of time”: this famou...
‘The hand that once wrote rots in a grave, but the writing remains until the end of time’: this famo...
Due to emigration from the historic Armenian homelands starting in the 11th century, a number of dis...
In addition to their liturgical duties and their role as community leaders, Armenian bishops were de...
The production of a manuscript was a complex process, usually involving an intricate web of persons ...
Despite the long-standing attention of scholarship towards the beginnings of the Armenian press, the...
In the Armenian manuscript tradition exists a sizeable amount of scattered texts that are ascribed t...
The Gospel of Hałpat was defined as «The masterpiece of the Hałpat’s school», both thanks to the bea...
In medieval Rome the Armenians possessed a church and a hospice in the environs of St Peter, in Vati...
Comparative studies of Byzantine and Armenian illuminated manuscripts invariably highlight the Armen...
The illuminated Lvov Gospel Book of Skevra is the most valuable work of Armenian art in Polish colle...
The article analyses the content of the 6th, 7th and 8th colophon of the Skevra Gospels. To date it ...
As is well known, manuscript books had a crucial role in the elaboration and transmission of Armenia...
Personal notes left in books by their makers and users, colophons are an invaluable source of inform...
About a century ago, Armenian illuminated manuscripts attracted the attention of scholars and lovers...
“The hand that wrote rots in a grave, but what is written remains until the end of time”: this famou...
‘The hand that once wrote rots in a grave, but the writing remains until the end of time’: this famo...
Due to emigration from the historic Armenian homelands starting in the 11th century, a number of dis...
In addition to their liturgical duties and their role as community leaders, Armenian bishops were de...
The production of a manuscript was a complex process, usually involving an intricate web of persons ...
Despite the long-standing attention of scholarship towards the beginnings of the Armenian press, the...
In the Armenian manuscript tradition exists a sizeable amount of scattered texts that are ascribed t...