An Armenian manuscript containing:. ff.2r-189r Breviary. ff.189r-190v Principal colophon. Major decorations:. f.1v St Nersēs the Graceful, Catholicos of Armenia (1166-1173). f.9v King Lewon II/III of Cilician Armenia. Headpieces on ff.2r, 10r, 19v, 94v, 178v. Portrait of a saint in the outer margin of f.100r, probably St Nersēs.
Breviary of King Lewon II/III of Cilician Armenia
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 13993
- Dates of Creation
- 1274?
- Language of Material
- Armenian
- Physical Description
- 1 item 190 ff Vellum. 190 folios. 16 x 12 cm (written surface 11 x 7 cm). Text in a single column of 13 lines. Text is written in early bolorgir, headings in red bolorgir, with decorated uncial initials. Red neumes above text. Binding is dark brown calf on wooden boards, finely blind-tooled, lined with rose-coloured silk. The manuscript has been repaired by adding a new leather spine while preserving the original top and lower covers.
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Other Finding Aids
For more information, see Nersessian, Vrej. 2012. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Library acquired since the year 1913 and of collections of other libraries in the United Kingdom, Volume One. London: The British Library. pp 367-382.
Bibliography
Conybeare, F.C. 1905. Rituale Armenorum. Oxford. Hats'uni, Vardan. 1965. Patmut'iwn Hayots' Aghot'amatoyts'in. Venice.