
Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection
Alternative Title
Catalogue 24
Files
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Publication Date
January 2001
Abstract
Seven large decorated headpieces featuring floral patterns and zoomorphic initials located on ff. 8v, 44r, 84r, 147r, 232v, 250v, and 269r. Three half-page headpieces with cusped arch design, floral patterns, and architectural motifs located on ff. 1r, 107r, and 186r. Several marginal decorations in purple, heavily cropped.
Keywords
Manuscripts, Armenia, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Hymns, Armenian
Notes
Text in Armenian. Original image found in: Sacred leaves liturgy & devotion: manuscripts from England to Ethiopia. Text identification: ff. 1r-8r: Canon of the birty of the Holy Theotokos; ff. 8v-43v: Canon of Teophany of the Lucernam or Lighting of Lamps; ff. 44r-83v: Canon of Shrove Tuesday; ff. 84r-106v: Canon of the Raising of Lazarus; ff. 107r-146v: Canon of Holy Easter; ff. 147r-185v: Canon of Pentecost; ff. 186r-232r: Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross; ff. 232v-250r: Canon of the whole body of martyrs; ff. 250v-268v: Canon of the whole body of those that have died in Christ; ff. 269r-289v: Doxologies of the Resurrection of our Lord; ff. 290r-314v: Canon of Saints Nurses. Binding: Contemporary binding of brown leather wrapped over wooden boards, with gilt border on front, back, and spine; with paper edged in red. Provenance: Sotheby's Western manuscripts and miniatures, Tuesday 18 June 2002, lot 30. Items in this collection are only available online; we do not have physical copies of these items in the USF Library's Special Collections. The original items were returned to the donor.
Geographic Location
Armenia
Type
Text
Media Type
illuminated manuscripts
Format
application/pdf
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Identifier
S04-00149-catalogue-25-page01
Recommended Citation
University of South FloridaTampa Campus Library, "Hymnal (Saraknoc'), Armenia, Cilician Kingdom, Sis Catalogue 24" (2001). Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection. 121.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves/121
