Shelfmark
Iaa5.6.32
Additional shelfmark
Iaa5.6.33 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Ազգաբանութիւն Տոհմին Յաբեթեան յօրինեցեալ ի Մովսիսէ Խորենացւոյ, յեռամեծ վարդապետէ ,եւ յօգներախտ Քէրթողահորէ ի խնդրոյ Պայազատապետի Սահակայ Բագրատունւոյ :Հարազատ,եւ բուն Պատմութիւն Նախնեացն Առաջնոց,Թագաւորաց, Իշխանաց,Նախարարց,եւ Հայրապետաց Արամեան Ազգին :Սկսեալ ի Հայկայ Քաջի,մինչեւ ցԱրտաշիր Թագաւորն մեր: Ի լոյս ածեալ Տպիւք ,եւ Ծախիւք Թօմայ Վանանդեցւոյ ,Վեհափայլի Եպիսկոպոսի,եւ բազնաջան Վարդապետի:Ի հայրապետութեան սրբոյ Էջմիածնի Տ[եառ]ն Նահապետի ամ[ենայ]ն Հայոց Կաթուղիկոսի:
Azgabanut’iwn Tohmin Yabetean yorinets’eal Movsise Khorenats’woy yeramets vardapete, Ew yognerakht K’ert’oghahore i khndroy Payazatapeti Sahakay Bagratunwoy ...
Azgabanut’iwn Tohmin Yabetean yorinets’eal Movsise Khorenats’woy yeramets vardapete, Ew yognerakht K’ert’oghahore i khndroy Payazatapeti Sahakay Bagratunwoy ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
Յամստէլօդամի., [Թովմաս Վանանդեցի], Յամի Մարդեղութեան Բանին, 1695.
Yamstelodami. : [T’ovmas Vanandets’i], Yami Mardeghut’ean Banin 1695.
Yamstelodami. : [T’ovmas Vanandets’i], Yami Mardeghut’ean Banin 1695.
Physical description
[12], 483, [5] p. : ill. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
Title and imprint transliterated from Armenian.
Note
The title of the work has also been translated (20th century) as "Genealogy of the descendants of Japhet ..." and identified as being the work commonly called the History of the Armenians.
Note
Early account of Armenia, covering the mythological origins of the Armenian people in the genealogy of the race of Japhet, beginning from Hayk, legendary founder of the Armenian people up to King Artashes (Artaxias, 201- 190 B.C), founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty of Armenia; and Armenia's interaction with Sassanid, Byzantine and Arsacid empires down to the 5th century.
Note
The work is attributed to Movses Khorenats’i, who according to the information on the title page wrote the work on the request of his patron Sahak Bagratuni. See Vrej Nersessian, 'Movses Khorenats’i‘ in The Everyman companion to East European Literature, ed. R.B. Pynsent & S.I. Kanikova (London: J. M. Dent, 1993), p.272; Vrej Nersessian, Armenia (World Bibliographical Series 163), Oxford: Clio Press,1993, p.36 (114).
Note
Printed on the presses of the Vanandets’i family.
Note
Signatures in Armenian and Arabic numerals.
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Title page printed in red and black.
Note
Facing p. 1 of main text, engraved frontispiece in the European style with banner text in Armenian «Ես Եմ Դուռն Ոչխարաց: Յով հաննես գլ.10: տ 7» [Gospel of John chapter 10.v.7], and text at foot «Գընացք Գետոց յարահընչեն, Զճշմարտութիւն միշտ քարոզըեն» [The flow of the rivers sound same, they always preach the truth]
Note
Full-page engraving in the European style on p. [110], three figures (male and two female) standing with a castle in the background the first holding a shield and spear representing Bravery [Արիութիւն], the first lady is holding a scales representing Justice [Արդարութիւն], and the third lady holding a fan and a snake at her feet representing Wisdom [Խոհեմութիւն], with text below in Armenian «Ով Նուրիջանեան Լեր միշտ խոհեմ Արդարաբան Առցես պըսակ Արիութեան» [Oh Nurijanean be always wise, just and will receive the crown of Bravery].
Note
Full-page engraving on p. [308], representing a diagram of the Holy Trinity:
Հայր ոչ է Որդի Հայր է Ա [սուա]ծ
Որդի ոչ է Հոգի Որդի է Ա[ստուա]ծ
Հոգի սուրբ ոչ է Հայր Հոգի է Ա[ստուա]ծ
The middle circle represents the Trinity; the four figures in the corners of the frame represent the Four Evangelist with their symbols (St Luke with the calf; St John with the Eagle ; St Mark with the lion and St John with an angel).
Note
Head- and tail-pieces; bird initials.
Citation/references note
Nersessian, 61
Citation/references note
Kevorkian, 58
Citation/references note
Voskanyan, 157
Citation/references note
Thomson, R.W. Bibliography of Classical Armenian literature to 1550 AD, Brepols, 1995, pp. 156-167
Provenance
[Copy 1] Eton College booklabel recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Booklabel of Manoug Parikian.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Unidentified book stamp on title page with initials "R.L." in blackletter under baronial coronet (7 points with pearls).
Provenance
[Copy 2] Eton College booklabel recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscription in ink on first flyleaf: Այս պատկանի Աղայ ազնուզարմ Իսրայէլի Շահազիզենց Կամսարականի Նուիրեցաւ ազգասիրէ ումեմնէ ի վայելեցեալ առն. ["This belongs to aghay (sir) honourable Israyel Shaaziz Kamsarakan, presented to him by a patriot for his enjoyment."]
Provenance
[Copy 2] Oval ink stamp in black on p. [8] with Armenian letters: PTRS VDPT i.e. Petros Vardapet.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Oval ink stamp in purple on p. [11] with Armenian letters: K’nik’ Surb Yanapatin Seanr, i.e. Siena, Italy? [A monastery of "S. Antonio dei padri armeni" is recorded in Siena in the early 14th century. See L. Bortolotti, Siena. Roma: Laterza, 1982, p. 55, n.119.]
Binding
[Copy 1] Contemporary sheep over wooden boards; sponged; decorative blind roll-tooled borders with blind-tooled corner fleurons and pointed oval centre ornament; thick blind fillets on spine; four raised bands; no spine label.
Binding
[Copy 2] Contemporary dark brown plain sheep.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Loosely inserted late 19th/early 20th century note with title in transliteration and in Latin: Aztapanoute dohmin napetean horinezan c Mowsise = Genealogia pr… Japheticae,S. historia Armenae nationis, adornata a ter magno doctore Moyse Chorenensi. Amstelodami, typis archiep. Thomas 1695.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Slip with ?lot numbers laid down inside front cover.
Copy-specific note
[Both copies] Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Imperfect: wanting pp. [3-4], 39-40, 357-358, 419-422, all after 474.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Title page verso inscribed in ink with a date in Armenian letters ՌԷՃՂԸ [1798] with the same date below in arabic numerals, with a ‘6’corrected to '9’ in pencil.
Subject
Armenia History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Armenia Church history Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B43615