армянские манускрипты

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The Bible (MS180) Portraits of the Evangelists, title-pages and first pages, marginals, initials, headpieces Author: Stepanos Illuminator: Unknown Date: 1295 Place: - : - : - : Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 22 X 15.8cm Pages: 565 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 Although the general style of the few marginals, headpieces and initials in this Bible is undoubtedly related to that of the 1286 Lectionary, the decor as such is much more modest, and the small slanting script gives an altogether different appearance to the illuminated folios. Click on image to view the collection.

The Bible (MS2705) Portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, title-pages, 6 full-page historiated miniatures, marginals, initials Author: Arakel, Stepanos and Nikolayos Illuminator: The first two parts unknown, the third part by Nikolayos Date: 13 Century Place: Crimea : - : Bologna : Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 29 X 21 cm Pages: 487 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 The manuscript was begun in the thirteenth century in Bologna, Italy, and finished in 1368 in the Crimea. In the seventeenth century the initial parts of the Old Testament were rewritten and illuminated anew, also in the Crimea. Despite the different dates of their production the three sections of the manuscript produce a remarkably uniform impression due to the fact that each succeeding master apparently tried to remain faithful to the original stylistic principles. Click on image to view the collection.

Homiliarium (MS7729) Title-page, 4 full-page historiated miniatures, portrait of the owner, headpieces, marginals Author: Vardan Illuminator: Stepanos Date: 1202 Place: Western Armenia : - : Yerzynka : Avagvank monastery Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 70.5 X 55 cm Pages: 603 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 The Moush Homiliarium is remarkable for its unique size: it is the largest known Armenian manuscript. Its present weight (without the missing binding and several folios) is 27.5kg. The history of the manuscript is of considerable interest. In the year it was completed a Seljuk army invaded Armenia and ravaged the town of Baberd. The manuscript which was there at the time of the invasion came into the possession of a Turkish judge. Two years later the judge put it on sale for 5,000 silver coins. To purchase the Homiliarium the monks from Moush collected donations for a whole year; in 1205 they finally amassed the necessary sum and bought the manuscript. It was transferred to Mush and placed in the library of the Arakelots monastery. In the nineteenth century the manuscript was divided into two parts for the sake of convenience and each part was bound separately. During World War I both parts of the manuscript, minus the bindings and several folios, were transferred independently of each other to Echmiadzin. Click on image to view the collection.

The Gospels (MS197) Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 12 full-page historiated miniatures Author: Hovhannes Illuminator: unknown Date: 1287 Place: - : - : - : Akner monastery Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 26.3 X 18cm Pages: 357 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 Click on image to view the collection.

The Gospels (MS9422) Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 6 full-page historiated miniatures Author: Unknown Illuminator: Unknown Date: 1280 Place: - : - : - : Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 40.3 X 21 cm Pages: 312 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 The manuscript was rebound some time after it had been produced, and according to the tradition then current all the full-page miniatures were placed together to form a complete narrative cycle. Click on image to view the collection.

The Gospels (MS5784) Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 9 full-page historiated miniatures (apparently added in the fifteenth century), marginals Author: Stepanos Illuminator: Simon Date: 1293 Place: Cilicia : - : - : Skevra monastery Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 22 X 15.8 cm Pages: 565 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 Click on image to view the collection.

The Gospels (MS6290) Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, marginals, Author: Toros and Ohan Illuminator: Ohan Date: 1295 Place: Cilicia : - : - : Drazark monastery Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 24 X 17.5 cm Pages: 340 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 The decline of Cilician miniature art towards the end of the thirteenth century is quite evident in this manuscript. It concerns the Evangelists' portraits and to an even greater extent the decor of the illuminated folios. The figures in the miniatures lose their suave elegance, the colours are no longer rich or refined. At the same time the main principles of figural and facial treatment and the traditions of the compositional arrangement of the scenes, inherited from the 1280s, remain almost unchanged. Click on image to view the collection.

The Gospels (MS7651) Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 139 historiated miniatures Author: Stepanos Illuminator: Eight artists, Sargis Pidzak among them Date: 1320 Place: Cilicia : - : - : Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 22.5 X 16.7 cm Pages: 276 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 Known as the "Gospels by Eight Masters" Click on image to view the collection.

The Gospels (MS5786) Khorans, portraits of the Evangelists, first pages, 6 full-page and marginal historiated miniatures, marginals Author: Sargis Pidzak Illuminator: Sargis Pidzak Date: 1336 Place: Cilicia : - : Sis : Current Place: Matenadaran (Yerevan) Material & Size: Parchment, 27 X 19cm Pages: 344 ff. Source: E. Korkhmazian, I. Drampian, G. Hakopian, "Armenian Manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries", Matenadaran Collection, Leningrad, 1984 Instead of the usual method of incorporating the illustrations into the text, adopted by most Cilician artists, Sargis Pidzak resorts to a compromise between the Oriental custom of grouping all the illustrations together and placing them before the text of the manuscript in a separate fascicle, and the Byzantine tradition of preceding each of the four Gospels with a full-page illustration: he places two miniatures before each of the Gospels. Apart from these, the manuscript contains a great number of marginal historiated miniatures which form a kind of reduced illustrative cycle. Thus, the motif of The Annunciation is represented only by the figure of the archangel, the episode of The Presentation in the Temple by an outline of a small church, etc. Click on image to view the collection.