Shelfmark
Iaa5.6.34
Author
Thomas, 1380 - 1471 à Kempis
Uniform title
[Imitatio Christi. Armenian. 1696]
Title
Գիրք Թօմայի Քեմփացւոյ, Յաղագս Համահետեւմանն Քրիստոսի :Թարգմանեցեալ ի Հոհաննիսէ յոլովերախտ վարդապետէ Կոստանդինուպօլսեցւոյ ի խնդրոյ Ջուղայեցի խօջայ Սահրատի որդւոյ պարոն Քասպարին:
Girk’ T’omayi K’emp’ats’woy, yaghags Hamahetewmann K’ristosi: T’argmanets’eal i Hohannise yoloverakht vardapete Kostandnupolsets’woy i khndrow Jughayets’i khojay Sahrati ordwoy paron G’asparin:
Girk’ T’omayi K’emp’ats’woy, yaghags Hamahetewmann K’ristosi: T’argmanets’eal i Hohannise yoloverakht vardapete Kostandnupolsets’woy i khndrow Jughayets’i khojay Sahrati ordwoy paron G’asparin:
Varying form of title
Other title: Thomae à Kempis De imitatione Christi Armeno idiomate
Publication, distribution, etc.
Յամստելոդամի : Գործեօք,եւ ծախիւք Թօմասու սրբափայլ Եպիսկոպոսի սրբոյ Խաչին, Յամի Տեառն 1696:.
Yamstelodami : Gortseok’ ew tsakhiwk’ T’omasu srp’ap’ayel Episkoposi srboy Khch’in [T’ovmas Vanandetsi], Yami tearn 1696.
Yamstelodami : Gortseok’ ew tsakhiwk’ T’omasu srp’ap’ayel Episkoposi srboy Khch’in [T’ovmas Vanandetsi], Yami tearn 1696.
Physical description
420 p. ; 13 cm. (12mo)
Note
Title and imprint transliterated from Armenian.
Note
Translation of Thomas à Kempis's Imitatio Christi into Armenian by Yovhannes Kostandnupolsets’i.
Note
Under the patronage of hoja Sarhat Baron son of K’aspar of New Julfa.
Note
Signatures numbered in Armenian and Arabic numberals.
Note
Latin title on p. 9: Thomæ à Kempis De imitatione Christi Armeno idiomate.
Note
Text set in 8, 12, and 16 pt bolorgir and 8pt notrgir types.
Note
Four head-pieces; two tail-pieces.
Note
Five leaves of plates recorded in Lambeth Palace Library copy on COPAC (accessed 23 Nov. 2016), not found in ECL copy or Nersessian bibliography.
Citation/references note
Nersessian, 62
Citation/references note
Kevorkian, 60
Citation/references note
Voskanyan, 163
Provenance
Eton College booklabel recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Booklabel of Manoug Parikian.
Provenance
Armenian inscriptions on pp. 9 and 25 in a later (?18th century) hand with poor phonetic spelling: Tsaray Estep‘anos Mik‘elin vor е̄r = "servant [of Christ] Estephannos Mikalin".
Binding
?Contemporary black pebble-grained leather; gilt and gauffered edges with bird and flower design having the vase, leaves, petals and bird's body left blank; holes for ties.
Copy-specific note
?Imperfect: wanting the leaves of plates.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil.
Subject
Subject
Meditations Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Vanandets'i, T'ovmas printer.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Hōhannis, Kostandinupōlsetsʻi translator.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
arm lat
Identifier
B43616