An Armenian manuscript containing:. f.2v Preface. ff.3r-12v Introduction. ff.13r-280r Useless for the ignorant. ff.280v-281r Colophon. f.281v Recipe. There follows 2 old, erkatagir fragments cut from the Book of Matthew 9:8-18 and 10:12-25.
Amirdovlat' Amasiats'i, Useless for the ignorant
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- GB 59 Or 3712
- Dates of Creation
- 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Language of Material
- Armenian
- Physical Description
- 1 item 281 ff Vellum. 281 folios, plus 2 older folios bound at the end of the volume (vellum, erkatagir writing in 2 columns, cut from the Book of Matthew 9:8-18 and 10:12-25, dating to not later than the 12th century). 23 x 18 cm (written surface 18 x 11.5 cm). Text in one column of 39 lines. Text is in bolorgir, with alternate blue and gold capital letters, titles and first words in red, illuminated bird-letters up to f.188. Binding is stamped brown leather, with flap and brass studs on hind cover.
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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 313-318.
Bibliography
Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 313-318. Sanjian, Avedis K. 2002. ''Amirdovlatʿ Amasiatsʿi,'' Encyclopædia Iranica. Online: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amirdovlat-amasiatsi.