May 21, 2013

 Évangiles en arménien, 17e siècle – Université Lille 3                

May 7, 2013

Silver covers for a gospel, 1691 Signed Astuatsatur Shahamir Kayseri, Turkey Gilt-silver repoussé plaques Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1916 (16.99)         These jeweled, enameled, and gilt-silver repoussé covers for a gospel are examples of the work produced in the late seventeenth-century silversmith workshop of Kayseri. Both front...

May 7, 2013

Silver Gospels, Binding, Walters Manuscript W.542, Upper board outside Brown goatskin over wooden boards, with a flap tooled in blind with small tools. The spine is decorated with a succession of vertical incisions and rises at the head and tail. The headbands are embroidered in red, black, and tan. The boards are lined with coarse blue linen. Each cover is...

Apr 17, 2013

Արծաթէ կրկնակազմ (1663 թ., Կեսարիա, Musée arménien de France, n. 401) Տե՛ս Edda Vardanyan, Reflets d’Arménie. Manuscrits et Art Religieux, Paris, 2012, p. 120-121.                 Արձանագրութիւնը՝ «Աւետարանս այս արարեալ հալալ ընչիս իւր...