Վկայութիւնք Vkayut'iwnk' Catechism, textbook of disputation, by Yovhannēs Mrk'uz Jughayets'i

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 15894
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1643-1715
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Armenian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 68 ff Glazed paper. 68 leaves. 16 x 10 cm (written surface 10 x 6 cm). Title page is missing, the folio opposite the missing title page has a small section torn off. Two blank flyleaves at the end. Text in single columns in 12 lines. Text in Armenian (sheghagir hand) and Arabic (nashki hand) on facing pages of matching layout. Original covers missing. Present binding is reddish, soft calf covers over paper boards lined with blue and brown marbled paper.

Scope and Content

An Armenian manuscript containing:. Quotations from the Bible in Armenian and Arabic on facing pages, written by Yovhannēs Mrk'uz Jughayets'i (1643-1715), under four headers. f.1r Witnesses concerning the coming of Christ into the world. f.25r Concerning the death of Christ, Witnesses from the Bible and the Prophets. f.36r Concerning the Godhead being a Trinity of persons and one Nature. f.50r Witnesses from the Gospels.

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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 807-816.

Bibliography

Gregorian, Vartan. 1974. 'Minorities of Isfahan: The Armenian Community of Isfahan 1587-1722', Iranian Studies VII:3-4, pp. 652-680. Mirzoyan, H.L. 2001. Hovhannes Mrk'uz Jughayets'i. Erevan. 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 807-816.