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Main entry--uniform title
Letter of love and concord
Title
Թուղթ Սիրոյ եւ Միաբանութեան Մեծ կայսերն Կոստանդիանոսի եւ սրբոյն Սեղբեստրոսի Վահագունի Պապին եւ Տրդատայ Հայոց Արքայի,եւ Սրբոյն Գրիգորի Հայոց Լուսաւորչին Շարագրեցեալ յամի տ[եառ]ն երեք հարիւր եւ տասն եւ վեց [316]
T’ught’ siro yew miabanutean: Metsi kaysern Kostandianosi yw srboyn Seghbestrosi Vehaguni P’ap’in yw Trdatay Hayots’ Ark’ayi, ew Srboyn Crigori Hayots Lusaworch’in Sharagrets’eal yami tearn erek’ hariwr yw tasn ew vets. Ew tpagrets’eal i t'uin P’rkch’in 1683. I Venetik k’aghak’i. = Lettera dell'amicitia e dell'vnione di Costantino gran Cesare e di San Siluestro sommo pontefice, e di Tridade re dell'Armenia, e di S. Gregorio illuminatore della natione armena scritta nell'anno del Signore 316..
T’ught’ siro yew miabanutean: Metsi kaysern Kostandianosi yw srboyn Seghbestrosi Vehaguni P’ap’in yw Trdatay Hayots’ Ark’ayi, ew Srboyn Crigori Hayots Lusaworch’in Sharagrets’eal yami tearn erek’ hariwr yw tasn ew vets. Ew tpagrets’eal i t'uin P’rkch’in 1683. I Venetik k’aghak’i. = Lettera dell'amicitia e dell'vnione di Costantino gran Cesare e di San Siluestro sommo pontefice, e di Tridade re dell'Armenia, e di S. Gregorio illuminatore della natione armena scritta nell'anno del Signore 316..
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Lettera dell'amicitia e dell'vnione di Costantino gran Cesare e di San Siluestro sommo pontefice, e di Tridade re dell'Armenia, e di S. Gregorio illuminatore della natione armena scritta nell'anno del Signore 316
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Lettera dell'amicitia e dell'unione
Publication, distribution, etc.
Ի Վենէտիկ քաղաքի, Եւ տպագրեցեալ ի թուին փրկչին 1683.
In Venetia, : Appresso Michiel'Angelo Barboni., M.DC.XXXIII. [1683]
In Venetia, : Appresso Michiel'Angelo Barboni., M.DC.XXXIII. [1683]
Physical description
43, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Language
Armenian text with facing Italian translation.
Note
Title romanized from Armenian characters; title and imprint in Armenian precede parallel title and imprint on title page.
Note
A text known as Letter of Love and Concord between the Great Emperor Constantine and the Holy Pope Sylvester and Trdat, King of the Armenians, and Holy Gregory, the Illuminator of the Armenians, in the year 316, and now believed to have been composed in the Armenian Cilician milieu, sometime in the last decade of the twelfth century.
Note
The translator is identified in the printer's dedication as Joannes Agop [Yovhannes Kostandinupolsets'i], who signs the preface.
Note
Woodcut medallion portrait of Pius V and Clement VIII on t.p. verso.
Note
Printed in Armenian typeface 16 p. bolorgir.
Note
Title page within decorative frame.
Note
Pages 36-42 contains prayer of Nersēs IV Klayetsi, called Snorhali, with caption titles in Armenian and Italian: Աղօթք իւրաքանչիւր անձին հաւատացելոց ի Քրիստոս զոր արարեալ է Տեառն Ներսիսի հայոց կաթուղիկոսի. = Oratione diuotissima composta da San Narcisio Primato dell’Armenia Maggiore.
Note
Recorded under the heading 'Դաշանց Թուղթ [Dashants’ T’ught’] in Voskanyan, who incorrectly states a copy exists in the British Library.
Citation/references note
Nersessian, pp. 11-12
Citation/references note
Kevorkian, 143
Citation/references note
Voskanyan, 118
Provenance
Eton College booklabel recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Loosely inserted folded receipt from W. M. Dawson & Sons, 16 Pall Mall, S.W.1, London, recording purchase by Manoug Parikian in June 1958 for £15.0.0.
Provenance
Booklabel of Manoug Parikian.
Provenance
Ms. inscription at foot of title in a 19th century hand: Henryson.
Binding
19th century brown marbled paper boards; red paper label on front cover with title in gilt "Epistola unionis Arm.-Ital."
Copy-specific note
Pencil annotation in Armenian on endleaf records the existence of a manuscript of the work "Ms.2272" in the Erevan Nation Matenadaran [i.e. the Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts].
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Infrequent early marginalia.
Subject
Added entry--name
Barboni, Michele Angelo printer.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome attributed name.
Added entry--name
Sylvester I, Pope, attributed name.
Added entry--name
Tiridates, approximately 250 - approximately 330 III, King of Armenia, attributed name.
Added entry--name
Gregory,, approximately 240 - approximately 332 the Illuminator, Saint attributed name.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
arm ita arm
Identifier
B43573