An Armenian manuscript containing a selection of texts in varied hands. F.C. Conybeare notes the following:. ff.4r-57r Breviary (incomplete). ff.154r-198v Tale of the City of Bronze. ff.198v-213v History of the Youth and the Maiden.
Breviary and tales
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 2624
- Dates of Creation
- 16th century-18th century
- Language of Material
- Armenian
- Physical Description
- 1 item 278 ff Paper. 278 folios. 16 x 10 cm (written surface 11.5 x 7.5 cm). Text in a single column of 16 lines. Text is written in a bolorgir close to notrgir. Titles and first lines are in red ink. Binding is modern, half-bound in leather.
Scope and Content
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Other Finding Aids
For more information, see Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 160-161, 281.
Bibliography
Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 160-161, 281. Russell, James R. 1983. 'The Tale of the Bronze City in Armenian' in Thomas J. Samuelian and Michael E. Stone (eds.) Medieval Armenian Culture. Chico, CA: Scholars Press. pp 250-261. Russell, James R. 2009. 'The Cross and the Lotus: The Armenian Miscellancy Patmut'iwn płnjē k'ałak'i ('History of the City of Brass') on the Periphery of the Iranian Oikoumene' in Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart (eds.) The Idea of Iran, Volume IV: The Rise of Islam. London: I.B. Tauris. pp 71-83. Srapyan, Armenuhi. 1983. Patmut'iwn vasn mankann ew aghjkann, patmut'iwn yaghags P'ahlul t'agaworin. Erevan: Academy of Sciences.