(Q17240)
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28 November 2023
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Hymnal : in Armenian].
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Hymns, Armenian--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Armenian--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1500 and 1599?
16. century
1500Gregorian
1599
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Extent: 384 leaves : paper, ill., music ; 122 x 87 (87 x 52) mm bound to 13 cm in box 15 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Armenian with music in interlinear khaz notation.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Collation: Paper, fol. i (contemporary flyleaf) + 384 ; modern arabic pencil foliation, fol. 184 numbered twice, fol. 330-339 omitted in foliation. May be incomplete (blue ink notation on flyleaf "ff.386-).
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Layout: 1 column, 21 lines triple bounding lines, the center one red or gold, outer ones blue.
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Script: Written in a Bolorgir script in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: 3 full-page illuminated titles, 16 full-page miniatures in Byzantine style depicting the life of Christ, over 150 marginal decorations, four- and six-line zoomorphic initials, two- and three-line initials throughout in gold, blue, and red.
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Binding: 16th-century blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, with fore-edge flap, carmine edges and colored textile endpapers. Wooden peg clasps, renewed. Housed in cloth-covered clamshell box.
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Origin: Likely written in Armenia in the 16th century.
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Provenance: Later white label on front pastedown with number 15931, partially obliterated by bookseller's ticket. 8-line inked inscription on fol. 1 possibly beginning with date 1861.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in Dec. 1955 from La Bibliofila, Via Manzoni 21, Milano (their label on pastedown)
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Call number: MS q Med.199.
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Former call number: MS 1564 (label inside flap).
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Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006)
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4 December 2023
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