Collection of lexicographical works, Geography of Anania Shirakats'i

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9136
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century - 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Armenian
  • Physical Description
    • Codex 325 ff Paper. 325 folios. 20 x 15 cm (written surface 16 x 10 cm). Some fascicles misplaced during rebinding. Text in two columns of 21 lines. Text is in bolorgir in black ink, titles and initial letters are in red ink. The manuscript has been rebound in green buckram.

Scope and Content

An Armenian manuscript containing:. ff.1r-157v Լուծումն բառից յԱստուածաշունչ Գրոց - Analysis of the books of the Bible, a lexicographical text attributed to Eremiay Meghrets'i. ff.159r-v A list of the Hebrew names of the books of the Old Testament in Armenian letters followed by an interpretation. ff.159v-160r Dictionary of the Hebrew alphabet in Armenian. ff.160v-279v Բառգիրք Հայոց - Armenian dictionary. ff.279v-284v Բառք Գալիանոսի Բզշկի - Words of Galen the physician, a dictionary of medical terms in Armenian. ff.284v-288r Translation of medical terms in the Armenian language. ff.288r-v Translation of Persian words in the book of Vardan (ie. Eghishe, History of Vardan and the Armenian War). ff.288v-298v Dictionary of synonyms for beginners, poets. ff.299r-325v and 158r-v. Աշխարյացոյց - Geography, ascribed in the manuscript to Movsēs Xorenats'i (but now ascribed to Anania Shirakats'i). The manuscript is incomplete.

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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 Two. London: The British Library. pp 986-996.

Bibliography

Anasyan, H.A. 1966-1971. Mijnadaryan Hayastani baṛaranagrakan hushardzanner. 2 volumes. Erevan. Hewsen, Robert H. 1992. The Geography of Ananias of Širak: The Long and Short Recensions. Wiesbaden: Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag. Thomson, R.W. 1995. A Bibliography of Classical Armenian Literature to AD 1500. Turnhout: Brepols.