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Gospels, Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, Walters Manuscript W.543, fol. 5v Armenian Manuscripts, Biblical Characters, Manuscript Art, Miniature Map, Adoration Of The Magi, Ancient Europe, Roi Mage, Medieval Paintings, Illumination Art

This Armenian Gospel book was produced in 904 of the Armenian era (1455 CE) at the monastery of Gamałiēl in Xizan by the scribe Yohannēs Vardapet, son of Vardan and Dilšat, and was illuminated by the priest Xačʿatur. The priest Pʿilipos commissioned the manuscript as a memorial to himself, his parents Łazar and Xutʿlumēlikʿ, and other relatives listed in the colophon on fols. 300r to 301v. Pʿilipos is depicted on fol. 14v alongside his brothers Yusēpʿ and Sultanša, as they kneel before the…

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Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels, Virgin and Child, Walters… | Flickr Bible Manuscripts, Illuminated Bible, The Gospels, Our Lord, Illuminated Manuscript, Armenia, Art Reproductions, Gifts In A Mug, Madonna

Dated to the tenth century, this manuscript is the oldest Armenian codex in North America and the fifth oldest among documented Armenian Gospel Books. The principal colophon on 2v indicates that Sargis the Priest completed the text in 415 [966]. Within the framed area, the commission of the codex is described: a priest, whose name was replaced by the later owner T’oros, commissioned the work "as decoration and for the splendor of [the] holy church and for the pleasure of the congregation of…

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