Shelfmark
Iaa5.6.14
Author
Uniform title
[Hisus, Ordi]
Title
Յիսուս Որդի Հօր: Միածին
Yisus Ordi Hor: Miatsin.
Yisus Ordi Hor: Miatsin.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Ամստերդամ, : Տպագրութիւն Մատթեոս Ծարեցու եւ Աւետիս Ղլիճենցի, տպ. Սուրբ Էջմիածին եւ Սուրբ Սարգսի., [1660-1661]
Amsterdam : Tpagrowt’iwn Matt’eos Tsarets’ow ew Awetis Ghlichents’i, tp. Sowrb Ejmiats’in ew Sowrb Sargsi, 1660-1661.
Amsterdam : Tpagrowt’iwn Matt’eos Tsarets’ow ew Awetis Ghlichents’i, tp. Sowrb Ejmiats’in ew Sowrb Sargsi, 1660-1661.
Physical description
[10], 614 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
Description based on imperfect copy wanting the first quire which has been supplied in manuscript copy, and quire 29 (pp. 459-474). The whole of quire 29 is in manuscript form with colophon which records that the named section was copied by the deacon Khach’atur Urubchi, a student at the Collegium de Propaganda Fide in Constantinople on 22 July 1776. The same colophon is also translated into Latin [Italian?], inserted between pp. 459-474.
Note
Imprint in Armenian: Ամստերդամ, տպագրութիւն Մատթեոս Ծարեցու եւ Աւետիս Ղլիճենցի, տպ. Սուրբ Էջմիածին եւ Սուրբ Սարգսի.
Note
Illustrations: 90 full-page woodcuts representings scenes of events from the Old Testament (34) and the New Testament (56), bearing the monogram initials CVS [Christophel Van Sichem] and HG [unidentified?]. The image of the death of Saul (no. 22. page?) is printed upside down. Ornithomorphic initials (fish, bird, human).
Note
The first 9 gatherings of eight leaves each are unpaginated and have quire numbers from Բ-Ժ [ii-x]; pp.145-614 are numbered in Arabic numerals and the quire numbers continue from ԺԱ-ԼԷ [ xi-xxxvii]. The quire numbers are also indicated in Arabic numerals.
Note
The texts inserted have no relation to the main text.
Note
Titles of inserted texts: (1) «Տեառն Նէրսէսի յիշատակարան Յառակքըն սողոմոնի զոր իւրովք ձեռօքն գրեաց» -- (2) «Անդրադարձութիւն տառից յիշատակարանի» -- (3) « Նորին ժողովող անուն ասացեալ» -- (4) «Թուղթ մխիթարական Տեառն Նէրսէսի հայոց կաթողիկոսի առ ոմն իշխան արեւելեան վասն որդւոյ տարաժամ մեռանելոյ».
Note
Nerses IV Klayetsi, called Shnorhali (Graceful) (1102-1173) was Catholicos of All Armenians from 1166 to his death. 'Jesus the Son of God' summarises pertinent sections of the Old Testament and the New Testament narrating the life of Jesus in two thousand monorhymed couplets. See V. Nersessian, 'Nerses IV Klayetsi', in: R.B.Pynsent & S.I.Kanikova (eds.), The Everyman Companion to East European Literature, London: J.M.Dent, 1993, pp. 282-84; V. Nersessian, Armenia (World Bibliographical Series volume 163), Oxford: Clio, 1993, p.134 (no. 479).
Citation/references note
Nersessian, 20
Citation/references note
Kevorkian, 45
Citation/references note
Voskanyan, 48
Provenance
Eton College booklabel recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Sparrow.
Provenance
Loosely inserted is a folded typed ALs from H. Samuelian, Librairie Orientale H. Samuelian, Paris to Mr. Simmons, dated 10 September 1963. The letter gives bibliographic information of the first eight editions of 'Jesus Son of God', 1643,1660 (twice),1702 (twice), 1725, 1746, 1785 and 1792. This is the 3rd edition. On top of the letter in the right margin is the comment in pen ‘Returned not required’, signed J S [G?] S[immons] and dated 13 December.
Provenance
Inscription in Italian on front endpaper "Dono del Sig[no]r Bojaz" and on back endpaper "Dono del sacerdote Bojaz anno 1876".
Provenance
Pencil inscription at end?
Binding
17th century Dutch goatskin over wooden boards; gold-tooled panels; smooth spine with gold-tooled ornament; brass clasps and catches with gold-tooled leather straps; marbled pastedowns.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting quires 1 and 29.
Copy-specific note
Descriptive biblographic notes in Italian pencilled on final endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Bibliographical notes in pencil.
Subject
Subject
Armenian poetry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Early works to 1800.
Subject
History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mattʻēos, Tsarets’i printer.
Added entry--name
Awetis, Ghlichents’i printer.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 former owner.
Added entry--name
Սուրբ Էջմիածին եւ Սուրբ Սարգսի.
Holy Ejmiatsin and Saint Sargis, the General (Printing house) printer.
Holy Ejmiatsin and Saint Sargis, the General (Printing house) printer.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B43312