Shelfmark
Iaa5.5.14
Author
Ghazar Jahkets'i.
Title
Գիրք Նորաբոյս որ կոչի Երգարան: Շարադրեալ ի Ղազարու Վարդապետէ ի փառս մոր մերոյ Սրբոյն Էջմիածնի:
Girk' Noraboys or koch'i Ergaran: Sharadreal i Ghazaru Vardapete I p'ars mor meroy Srboyn Ejmiatsni.
Girk' Noraboys or koch'i Ergaran: Sharadreal i Ghazaru Vardapete I p'ars mor meroy Srboyn Ejmiatsni.
Varying form of title
Երգարան
Added title page title: Ergaran
Added title page title: Ergaran
Varying form of title
ՏԱՂ[ԱՐԱՆ] ՂԱԶԱՐՈՒ
Spine title: Tag[aran] Ghazaru [Hymn book by Ghazar].
Spine title: Tag[aran] Ghazaru [Hymn book by Ghazar].
Publication, distribution, etc.
ՌՃՁ Մարտի իզ
Kostandnupolis : Astuatsatur, 1737.
Kostandnupolis : Astuatsatur, 1737.
Physical description
254 p. : ill., 15 cm. (8vo.)
Note
Songbook, and eulogy on the Cathedral of Holy Ejmiatsin.
Note
Woodcut bird initials; marginal ornamentation; head- and tailpieces.
Note
Illustrations: p. 6: Annunciation, signed GR [i.e. Grigor Marzvanets'i]. -- p. 12: Virgin and Child, signed GR. -- p. 19: Adoration of the Magi, signed Gr. -- p. 28: Presentation at the Temple, signed CVS [i.e. Christophe van Sichem]. -- p.33: Baptism of Christ, signed GR. -- p. 37: Adam and Eve. -- p. 43: Christ expelling the demons from a herd of pigs [?], signed CVS. -- p. 48: Christ before the Pharisees, signed CVS. -- p. 58 The Raising of Lazarus, signed GR. -- p. 64: Entry into Jerusalem, signed GR. -- p. 68: Last Supper, signed CVS. -- p. 72: Crucifixion, signed GR. -- p. 75: The Holy Sepulchre, signed GR. -- p. 76: The Transfiguration, signed GR. -- p. 80: The Resurrection, signed GR. -- p. 86: The Ascension, signed GR. -- p. 90: Pentecost, signed GR. -- p. 93: Transfiguration, signed GR. -- p. 98: The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, signed GR. -- p. 102: Cross worn by Armenian clergy, signed GR. -- p. 108: Christ pointing to the Temple, signed CVS. -- p. 128: The Archangel Gabriel, sword in hand, trampling a man and holding a child by his hair. -- p. 132: the Tree of Jesse, signed GR. -- p. 136: King David playing the harp. -- p. 142: St. Peter and Paul in heaven and the church below, signed CVS. -- p.148: St John the Baptist with the lamb of God, signed GR. -- p. 152: St Stephen the Protomartyr, signed GR. -- p. 156: St Gregory the Illuminator, signed CVS. -- p. 184: St Hrip’sime, signed GR. -- p.190: A monk in his cell. -- p. 214: St George the General on horseback slaying the dragon beneath the horse’s feet, signed CVS. -- p. 218: St Minas ‘ the General’ on horseback, signed GR. -- p. 222: St Sarkis and his son Martiros on horseback, signed CVS. -- p. 229: Full-length portrait of the author Ghazar Jahkets’i (by GR although the signature of CVS is visible).
Citation/references note
Voskanyan, 440
Provenance
Eton College booklabel recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Book label of Manoug Parikian.
Provenance
Ownership inscription in ms. on the verso of the final page: «Այս տաղարանս պատկանի Յարութիւն Փիլիպոսովին 1873 ին: Ըստորագրէցի Փէտէր վարի 21-ին : Տաղարան Ղազարու Ճահկէցւոյ» [This Tagharan belonged to Yarut’iwn P’iliposovin 1873.Signed on February 21 Tagharan GHazaru Chahkets’woy].
Binding
Dark brown leather; blind tooled twist roll frame; blind tooled twist roll and arabesque fleurons on spine, with title; sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect copy: The first 4 pages are missing, including the title page. The front and back leaves are in ms.in ink in clear cursive hand. The front text is a eulogy whilst the text on the end paper is part of the colophon of the printed vesion beginning with « Արդեամբք եւ ծախիւք... [and ending] բաժին եղիցի ի տեառնէ աստուծոյ: Ողջ լէրուք:Ամէն».
Copy-specific note
Annotations and drawings throughout: Recto of flyleaf bears pencil drawings of three church towers and an inscription in red ink: 1843. Red ink blotches and a drawing of a face. On the rear pastedown, Georgian letters, the first three letters of the Armenian alphabet and the name Grigore.
Subject
Subject
Eulogies Armenia Early works to 1800.
Subject
Ejmiatsin (Armenia) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Astuatsatur printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Grigor, artist.
Added entry--place
Turkey Istanbul.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B43775