Chronicle of Smbat Sparapet

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

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 5458
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 14th century-Early 15th century
  • Language of Material
    • Armenian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 145 ff Paper, yellowed. 145 folios, with f.36 of later paper in another hand, f.118 of the same later paper and left blank, and so too 2 folios before f.126, 5 before f.127, 4 before f.131 and 1 before f.143. 14 x 9 cm (written surface 11 x 6 cm). Text is bolorgir, in 17 lines to the page. Binding is modern, half-bound in red leather.

Scope and Content

An Armenian manuscript containing:. ff.5r-116v Chronicle of Smbat Sparapet. ff.117v-144v Further chronological texts.

Access Information

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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 290-292.

Bibliography

Andrews, Tara L. 2016. 'Smbat Sparapet' in Graeme Dunphy and Cristian Bratu (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_02324. Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 290-292.