

Country |
Lebanon
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City |
Anṭilyās
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Repository |
Armenian Church. Katʻoghikosutʻiwn Hayotsʻ Metsi Tann Kilikioy
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Shelfmark | MS 33 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Language(s) | Armenian |
Genre(s) | Gospels; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian) |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Canon table(s); Decoration, Anthropomorphic; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Headpiece(s); Illumination; Initial(s), Zoomorphic; Miniature(s) |
Notes |
Gospel comprised of parchment (fol. 1-202, 241-242) and paper (fol. 203-240, 243) leaves |
Bibliography |
Անուշաւան Դանիէլեան, Մայր Ցուցակ հայերէն ձեռագրաց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Կաթողիկոսութեան (1984). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ACC 00033 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/510630 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Malina Zakian |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2004/12/14 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals, 1-243 |
Binding |
Bound in leather over wooden boards, blindtooled; red cloth doublure; shelfmark label "33" on spine |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: pigment flaking with loss of text on fol. 54v-63r, fol. 169r-199v; extensive damage due to mold, fol.199r-203v and fol. 241v, which includes scribal colophon |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1v-241r |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1656 |
Date Precise | 1656 |
Native Date Precise | 1105 AC |
Support | Paper, Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 21 lines per page |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Armenian |
Script(s) | Bolorgir |
Decoration |
Canon tables, fol. 1v-11r; full page Evangelist portraits of Matthew (fol. 13v), Mark (fol. 87v), Luke (fol. 129v), and John (fol. 194v) |
Notes |
Scribal colophon on fol. 241r gives date; colophon mentions the church of Saint Stepanos (Սուրբ Ստեփա[նո]ս) |

Item Location | fol. 1v - 241v |
Title | Gospel Book |
Uniform Title | Gospel Book (Armenian Rite) |
Language(s) | Armenian |

Country |
Lebanon
![]() |
City |
Anṭilyās
![]() |
Repository |
Armenian Church. Katʻoghikosutʻiwn Hayotsʻ Metsi Tann Kilikioy
![]() |
Shelfmark | MS 33 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Language(s) | Armenian |
Genre(s) | Gospels; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian) |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Canon table(s); Decoration, Anthropomorphic; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Headpiece(s); Illumination; Initial(s), Zoomorphic; Miniature(s) |
Notes |
Gospel comprised of parchment (fol. 1-202, 241-242) and paper (fol. 203-240, 243) leaves |
Bibliography |
Անուշաւան Դանիէլեան, Մայր Ցուցակ հայերէն ձեռագրաց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Կաթողիկոսութեան (1984). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
ACC 00033 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/510630 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Malina Zakian |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2004/12/14 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals, 1-243 |
Binding |
Bound in leather over wooden boards, blindtooled; red cloth doublure; shelfmark label "33" on spine |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: pigment flaking with loss of text on fol. 54v-63r, fol. 169r-199v; extensive damage due to mold, fol.199r-203v and fol. 241v, which includes scribal colophon |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1v-241r |
Century(ies) | 17th century |
Year Range | 1656 |
Date Precise | 1656 |
Native Date Precise | 1105 AC |
Support | Paper, Parchment |
Page Layout | 2 columns, 21 lines per page |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Armenian |
Script(s) | Bolorgir |
Decoration |
Canon tables, fol. 1v-11r; full page Evangelist portraits of Matthew (fol. 13v), Mark (fol. 87v), Luke (fol. 129v), and John (fol. 194v) |
Notes |
Scribal colophon on fol. 241r gives date; colophon mentions the church of Saint Stepanos (Սուրբ Ստեփա[նո]ս) |
Item Location | fol. 1v - 241v |
Title | Gospel Book |
Uniform Title | Gospel Book (Armenian Rite) |
Language(s) | Armenian |
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