Shelfmark
Iaa5.6.22(02)
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. Obadiah Armenian & Latin
Title
Abdias Hayeren. Id est: Obadias Armenus, quo, cum analysi vocum Armenicarum grammaticâ, & collatione versionis Armenicæ cum fontibus, aliisqve, maximam partem orientalibus versionibus, exhibetur primum in Germaniâ specimen characterum Armenicorum, in celeberrimâ academiâ Lipsiensi procuratorum â m. A. Acolutho, Vratislav. Siles..
Varying form of title
Աբդիաս Հայերէն. Id est: Obadias Armenus
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lipsiæ, : Typis Justini BrandI. Anno epochæ Armenorum MCXXIX. Messianæ MDCXXC. [1680]
Physical description
[32], 56 p. ; 23 cm. (4to)
Note
First two words of title transliterated from Armenian.
Note
Text in Latin and Armenian.
Note
Title page printed in red and black, with Armenian decorative initials.
Note
Woodcut initials (Armenian).
Note
Signatures: a-d⁴ A-G⁴.
Note
Pages 1-7 printed in three columns: (a) transliteration, (b) Armenian text, (c) Latin text.
Note
Pages 54-55 contain the Armenian alphabet in upper and lower case, names of the letters, vocalisation and numeral values, diphthongs, and accents.
Citation/references note
Kevorkian, 204
Provenance
Eton College booklabel recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Booklabel of Manoug Parikian. A note in pencil on the endpaper records the date "Sept. 1972 Hünersdorff", probably the date and place of purchase.
Provenance
Steel-engraved bookplate of a lamp on a column with motto "Sic itur ad astra" with ms. inscription "Carl Edelheim", numbered in ms. "933". Probably the archaeologist and collector Carl Edelheim (d. 1899).
Provenance
From the Colbert Library (lot 5026) (ms. inscription in red ink inside front cover); Colbert arms on covers.
Binding
17th century full red morocco; border of gilt triple fillets with Colbert arms tooled in gold on both covers within a cartouche; gold-tooled spine with monogram of Bibliotheca Colbertina in the compartments; five raised bands; gilt spine title; red fore-edges; rebacked in red goatskin retaining original spine.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: Acoluth, A. De [me ha-marim ha-me'arerim], sive, Aquis amaris maledictionem inferentibus. Lipsiæ: Typis Justini BrandI, 1682.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil.
Subject
Obadiah (Biblical prophet) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Bible. Obadiah Criticism, interpretation, etc. Early works to 1800.
Subject
Armenian language Texts.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Brandius, Justinus printer.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Edelheim, Carl former owner.
Added entry--name
Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619 - 1683 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Leipzig.
Language code
lat arm
Identifier
B43568