The Awag Vank' Gospels

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

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13654
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1200-1202
  • Language of Material
    • Armenian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 388 ff Vellum. 384 folios, 4 paper flyleaves. 37.3 x 28.8 cm. Text in two columns of 17 lines. Text is in large upright uncials (erkat'agir) in a tannic ink that has caused some damage to the vellum. At the time of acquisition by the library, bound in tooled brown calf on boards, dating probably to the 17th century. Rebound by the British Library to replace the torn spine and a strip of torn leather from the cover.

Scope and Content

An Armenian manuscript containing:. ff.1v-2r Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus. ff.2v-3r Blank. ff.3v-4r Canon tables. ff.4v-5r Blank. ff.5v-6r Canon tables. f.6v Blank. ff.7r-116v Gospel of St Matthew. ff.117r-180v Gospel of St Mark. f.181v Eight-line stanza of octosyllabic verse. ff.182r-298v Gospel of St Luke. ff.299r-380v Gospel of St John. ff.380r-384a Colophons. Interlinear insertions throughout. Decorative details at the Letter of Eusebius and the surviving Canon Tables, ornate headpieces above the title of each Gospel, as well as pericope ornaments and ornate capitals throughout. If the manuscript contained portraits of the Evangelists, they are now missing.

Access Information

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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 130-146.

Bibliography

Dowsett, C.J.F. 1977. 'The Awag Vank' Armenian Gospels,' The British Library Journal III:2, pp. 139-166. Nersessian, Vrej. 1987. Armenian Illuminated Gospel Books. London: The British Library. 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 130-146.