Bible (6)
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Gospels (50)
Lectionary (4)
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/mtd-cil-98-m.jpg "The decor of the page is harmoniously balanced. In choosing the figure of Christ on a winged lion's back for his initial, Roslin made use of a motif known in Armenian book painting long before him.�Sidans utsmyckning är harmoniskt balanserat. I valet av figuren för Kristus på ett bevingat lejons rygg som sin initial, använde Roslin ett känt motiv i armeniska bokmålningen långt före honom.")
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The Gospels (MS10675)�Evangelierna (MS10675)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 13 full-page historiated miniatures, marginals�Khoraner, porträtt av evangelisterna, första sidorna, 13 helsidor illustrerade miniatyrer, marginaler, initialer
Author: Toros Roslin�Toros Roslin�Toros Roslin�Toros Roslin
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1268�
Place: - : - : - : Hromkla monastery
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Parchment, 22 X 17cm�Pergament, 22 x 17 cm
Pages: 332 ff.�f. 103
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Known as the Malatian Gospels, after the town of Malatia where it was kept for some time.�Känt som malatiska evengeliet, efter staden Malatia där det bevarades under en tid.
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/mtd-dia-156-m.jpg "The large-scale monumental figures of the Virgin and Gabriel are shown against the background of a pale green wall and of a dark blue sky - a type of background frequently occurring in works by the Crimean miniaturists.<br>The painting was undoubtedly executed by a highly proficient master who had a perfect command of figural treatment and a gift for modelling details. The miniature is particularly remarkable for its rich colouring, dominated by saturated blues and violets.<br>The lower frame contains an inscription by the illustrator, with his name unfortunately thoroughly rubbed out - probably by the other of the two artists, who did not want to share the credit for the work with a rival master.�De storskaliga monumentala figurerna hos Jungfrun och Gabriel visas mot bakgrunden av en blek grön vägg och en mörkblå himmel - en typ av bakgrund som är ofta förekommande i verk av krimiska minityrmålare. Målningen av utan tvekan gjord av en högst skicklig mästare som hade en perfekt kontroll över figurritning och begåvad i modellering av detaljer. Miniatyren är i synnerhet utomordentlig för dess rika färgsättning, dominerad av mättade blåa och lila färger. Den undre delen innehåller en inskription av illustratören, med hans namn som är olyckligt nog helt utsuddat - förmodligen av en av de andra konstnärerna som inte ville dela äran för verket med en rivaliserande mästare.<br><br>")
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Lectionary (MS7408)�Evangeliebok (MS7408)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Title-pages, 3 full-page historiated miniatures, marginals, initials�Titelsidor, 3 helsidor illustrerade miniatyrer, marginaler, initialer
Author: Karapet�Karapet�Arakel and Kirakos�Arakel och Kirakos
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1356�
Place: Crimea : - : - :
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Vellum, 38 X 26.6 cm�Vellum, 38 X 26,6 cm
Pages: 524 ff.�f. 3v
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The colophon of the Lectionary mentions the name of only one illuminator of the manuscript - Arakel. But comparison with a stylistically related manuscript signed by Kirakos (Venice, Mkhitarist Library, Monastery of St. Lazarus, MS904) seems to prove the latter's participation in illustrating the Crimean Lectionary.�Kolofonen hos evangelieboken nämner namnet för endast en målare, Arakel. Men jämförelse med ett stilistiskt relaterat manuskript signerat av Kirakos (Venedig, Mkhitaristbiblioteket, S:t Lazarus kloster, MS904) vekar bevisa att den senares deltagande i målningen av krimiska evangelieboken.
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/mtd-gr-59-m.jpg "The miniature is placed below the rather modestly decorated Canon tables occupying the top of the page. Kneeling before the Virgin and the Infant Christ are the donors who commissioned the work. The dark and saturated colours of the miniatures are enlivened by the bright red hues of the Virgin's robe and cloak. The dress and facial types of the donors are of considerable interest with regard to ethnography and history of costume.�Miniatyren placeras under den något blygsamt dekorerade kanoniska texterna som fyller ut sidan huvud. På sina knän framför JUngfrun och Jesubarnet finns donatorer som avlönade verket. De mörka och mättade färgerna hos miniatyrerna livas upp med de ljusröda nyanserna hos Jungfruns skrud och kappa. Kläderna och ansiktsuttrycken hos donatorerna är av ytterst intresse med avseende på etnografin och historien hos kläderna.")
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The Bible (MS346)�Bibeln (MS346)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Title-pages, 3 full-page historiated miniatures, portrait of the donor, self-portrait of the illuminator, marginals, initials�Huvudsidor, 3 helsidor illustrerade miniatyrer, porträtt av donatorn, självporträtt av illustratören, marginaler, initialer
Author: Petros, Hovhannes and Melchized�Petros, Hovhannes och Melchized�Hovhannes Khizanetsi�Hovhannes Khizanetsi
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1390�1400
Place: Western Armenia : Vaspourakan : Khizan :
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Vellum, 28 X 18.5cm�Vellum, 28 X 18.5cm
Pages: 560 ff.�f. 441v
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The Gospels (MS2743)�Evangelierna (MS2743)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 7 full-page historiated miniatures, marginals, initials�Khoraner, porträtt av evangelisterna, första sidorna, 7 helsidor illustrerade miniatyrer, marginaler, initialer
Author: Tiranu�Tiranu�Grigor�Grigor
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1232�
Place: - : - : - :
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Parchment, 30 X 26cm�Pergament, 30 x 26 cm
Pages: 374 ff.�f.170 r
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Known as the Targmantchants Gospels, after the monastery where it was kept for a considerable period of time.�Känt som Targmantchats Evengeliet, efter klostret där det bevarades för en längre period.
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The Bible (MS6230)�Bibeln (MS6230)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists (two of the four are missing), title-pages, 7 full-page historiated miniatures, marginals, initials�Khorans, porträtt av evangelierna (två av fyra saknas), rubriksidor, 7 helsidor illustrerad med miniatyrer, marginaler, initialer
Author: Martiros (in Cilicia)�Martiros (i Kilikien)�Avag (in Gladzor Monastery)�Avag (i Gladzor klostret)
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1314�
Place: Cilicia : - : - : Cilicia /Gladzor monastery
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Parchment, 36 X 25 cm�Pergament, 36 x 25 cm
Pages: 509 ff.�f.419 v
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/mtd-gr-38-m.jpg "The iconography of the miniature is similar to that of the Resurrection scene in the 1038 Gospels (MS6201). Its most remarkable feature is the presence of Christ risen from the dead, together with the soldiers guarding the tomb and with the Holy Women arriving at the sepulchre. A similar iconographic version, rare in Eastern Christian art, is to be found in the Simon Psalter, a Russian illuminated manuscript dating from the thirteenth century (known also as the Khludov Psalter, after its nineteenth-century owner Alexei Khludov, a Moscow merchant and collector), and also in some Syrian manuscripts. S. Der Nersessian regards this scene as an example of amalgamation of two or more motifs, typical of the Vaspourakan school.�Miniatyrens ikonografi är lik den hos Återuppståndelse-scenen i 1038 års Evangelium (MS6201). Dess mest märkvärdiga drag är närvaron av Kristus som har återuppstått från de döda, tillsammans med soldaterna som vaktar graven och med de heliga kvinnorna som anländer till gravkammaren. En liknande ikonografisk version, sällsynt i österländska kristna konsten, kan hittas hos Simon Psalter, en rysk illustratrerad manuskript daterad till 1200-talet (även känt som Khuldov Psalter, efter dess 1800-tal ägare Alexei Khuldov, en handelsman och samlare i Moskva), och även i några av de syrianska manuskripten. S. Der Nersessian anser denna scen som ett exempel på föreningen av två eller flera motiv typiska för den vaspourakanska skolan")
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The Gospels (MS4814)�Evangelierna (MS4814)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 5 full-page�Khoraner, porträtt av evangelisterna, första sidorna, 5 helsidor
Author: Hakob�Hakob�Khatcher�Khatcher
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1294�
Place: Western Armenia : Vaspourakan : Berkri :
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Vellum, 30x25 cm�Vellum, 30 x 25 cm
Pages: 266 ff.�f. 6
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/mtd-cil-85-m.jpg "Both the initial and the marginal are executed in the artist's favourite design of interlacing blue palmettes against a gold background, enlivened by occasional white patches and red swirls.�Både begynnelsen och marginalen är utförda i konstnärens favoritdesign av sammanflätade blåa palmetter mot en guld bakgrund, upplivad med sporadiska vita fläckar och röda virrvarr.")
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The Gospels (MS5458)�Evangelierna (MS5458)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Portraits of the Evangelists (in the Vaspourakan section of the manuscript), 2 full-page historiated miniatures, marginals�Porträtt av evangelisterna (i Vaspourakans sektion av manuskriptet), 2 helsidors illustrerade miniatyrer, marginaler,
Author: unknown�Okänd�Toros Roslin�Toros Roslin
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1266�
Place: Cilicia : - : Sis : Hromkla monastery
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Parchment, 32.5 X 24cm�Pergament, 32,5 x 24 cm
Pages: 38 ff.�f. 254v
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38ff. of the original Cilician part (with a thirteenth- or fourteenth-century addition of several folios written and illuminated in Vaspourakan)�38ff. av den oroginella kilikiska delen (med en 1200- eller 1300-tals tradition av flera sidor skrivna och illustrerade i Vaspourakan
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/mtd-cil-119-m.jpg "These exquisitely decorated title-pages give an idea of the exceptional richness of decor typical of the manuscript as a whole.<br>The system of illumination of the title-pages and first pages of the Gospels was elaborated in the course of the development of Cilician art by several generations of miniaturists. It included as a rule three essential elements: the ornamental headpiece, the marginal running lengthwise from top to bottom, and the initial composed of ornamental motifs or of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures. The title-pages of the 1286 Lectionary are examples of this system at its best. Their decor, apart from elaborate ornamental patterns, contains human and animal figures which are treated as organic elements of the overall decorative scheme. Among the former, we most often find the Four Evangelists and the Old Testament prophets, as well as other characters whose appearance is justified by the contents of the corresponding chapters. As for the animal figures, many are utterly irrelevant to the subject-matter as such and are introduced merely for the sake of decora-tiveness, as monsters, dragons, monkeys, three-faced creatures and so on.<br>The richness of decoration displayed in the Lectionary was not only due to the artist's exuberant imagination, but also to his excellent knowledge of local and Byzantine models, natural in a Cilician artist, and above all to his familiarity with the art of China, Persia, Egypt and Western Europe. Furthermore, he must have been well acquainted with various artistic crafts, particularly with jewellery-making, judging from the peculiar relief technique of his ornamentation where certain details are brought out with the help of thick layers of special paste covered with paint or gold.<br>Every one of the title-pages displays a unique combination of ornamental motifs and colours, each time creating a new artistic image.�")
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Lectionary (MS979)��E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Title-pages, historiated miniatures (8 full-page ones, 2 occupying a third and 3 a quarter of the page), marginals (about 400), initials�
Author: unknown��unknown�
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1286�
Place: Cilicia : - : - :
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Parchment, 33.5 X 24.5 cm�
Pages: 479 ff.�f. 334v
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/mtd-gr-12-m.jpg "There are two figures in the left-hand margin of the Canon table, outside the arch of the khoran; the one below is a man carrying a large fish. The inscription beside this figure reads: \"Sheranik, when you come, bring fish.\" This would seem to suggest that the figures in the margin represent real people, their rich attire being a sign of wealth and prominent social position.�Det finns två figurer på den vänstra delen av kanontexten, utanför khoranens valv; den undre är en man som bär en stor fisk. Skriften vid sidan om av figuren lyder: \"Sheranik, när du kommer, ta med fisk.\" Detta kan föreslå att figurerna i marginalen representerar verkliga personer, medan deras rika beklädnad antyder deras välstånd och höga sociala ställning.")
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The Gospels (MS6288)�Evangelierna (MS6288)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 2 full-page�Khoraner, porträtt av evengelisterna, första sidorna, 2 helsidor
Author: Hakob�Hakob�Markare�Markare
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1211�
Place: Eastern Armenia : - : Ani : Horomos monastery
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Parchment, 30 X 23 cm�Pergament, 30 x 23 cm
Pages: 360 ff.�f.8v
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Known as the Haghpat Gospels, after the village of Haghpat where it was written and where it remained for a long time.�Känt som Haghpat-evengeliet, efter byn Haghpat där det en gång skrevs och fanns under en längre tid.
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The Gospels (MS2743)�Evangelierna (MS2743)�E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984
Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 7 full-page historiated miniatures, marginals, initials�Khoraner, porträtt av evangelisterna, första sidorna, 7 helsidor illustrerade miniatyrer, marginaler, initialer
Author: Tiranu�Tiranu�Grigor�Grigor
Illuminator: N/A
Date: 1232�
Place: - : - : - :
Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan)�Matenadaran (Jerevan)
Material & Size: Parchment, 30 X 26cm�Pergament, 30 x 26 cm
Pages: 374 ff.�f.115 r
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Known as the Targmantchants Gospels, after the monastery where it was kept for a considerable period of time.�Känt som Targmantchats Evengeliet, efter klostret där det bevarades för en längre period.
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