Rites

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Add MS 7941
  • Dates of Creation
    • 14th century
  • Language of Material
    • Armenian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item Vellum. 111 folios, with f.3 cut and partially missing. 22 x 16.5 cm (written surface 12.5 x 9 cm). Text is written in one column of 21 lines, except for ff.1, 110, 111 written in 34 lines. Text is in bolorgir, with a miniature initial at the beginning of each rite portraying clergy in the act of performing the rite, in the style of 14th-century Italian work. Binding is modern, in green leather.

Scope and Content

An Armenian manuscript containing:. ff.2r-109v Rites, translated to Armenian from Latin. ff.1rv, 110r-111v Rites, translated to Armenian from Latin in a different hand, identified as a T'adēos.

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 60-66.

Bibliography

Conybeare, F.C. 1913. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum. pp 60-66.