Four Gospels

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 5626
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1282
  • Language of Material
    • Armenian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 344 ff Vellum, damp-stained. 344 folios, of which the last is paper. 14 x 12.5 cm (written surface 11 x 8 cm). Ragged edges of folios have been mended, cutting through many marginal arabesques. Text in two columns of 19 lines. Text is written in bolorgir. Binding is modern, in half red morocco.

Scope and Content

An Armenian manuscript containing:. The Four Gospels. ff.2r-100r Gospel of Matthew. ff.100r-v Colophon. ff.102r-160r Gospel of Mark. f.160v Colophon. ff.162r-265r Gospel of Luke. ff.267r-343v Gospel of John. ff.343v-344v Colophons. Major decorations:. f.1v, f.101v, f.161v, f.266v Portraits of the Evangelists.

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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 17-18.

Bibliography

Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 17-18.