Shelfmark
Iaa5.1.38
Additional shelfmark
Iaa5.1.39 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Iaa5.1.40 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Iaa5.1.41 (copy 4)
Additional shelfmark
Iaa5.1.42 (copy 5)
Author
Uniform title
[Հաւատով խոստովանիմ]
[Hawatov khostovanim]
[Hawatov khostovanim]
Title
Preces Sancti Nersetis Clajensis Armeniorum patriarchae, viginti quatuor linguis editae.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venetiis : In insula S. Lazari., 1837.
Physical description
[4], 431, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates : port. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Language
The translation of the author's prayer "In faith I confess" in 24 languages.
Note
Title page is engraved.
Note
Previous ed.: 1823.
Note
The Prayer of Nerses Shnohali "Հաւատով խոստովանիմ" [Hawatov Khostowanim = In faith I confess], comprising 24 verses for each of the 24 hours.
Note
Preface in Latin.
Note
Languages included are: Armenian, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, German, English, Irish, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Dutch, Hungarian, Georgian, Polish, Persian, Russian, Chaldaean, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopian, Chinese, Turkish, Illyrian, Swedish.
Note
Engraved portrait of St Nerses with caption in Latin and Armenian.
Note
At head of preface is engraved recto and verso of a medallion.
Note
Large paper copy.
Citation/references note
Nersessian, 510 (ordinary paper copy?)
Citation/references note
Davt’yan,
Provenance
[Copy 1] Booklabel of Manoug Parikian. Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Pencil inscription of David B. Butler on front endpaper dated 1956.
Provenance
[Copy 1] 19th century inscription on front endpaper: Bought this book at Venice 5th November 1839 for my brother William Blake. [signed] J.B.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Booklabel of Manoug Parikian. Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988 but lacking his booklabels.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Ink inscription on front flyleaf: "E libris Frederici A. Gore Ouseley - Baroneti. Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ diaconi. Venetiis. Ante diem IX. Id. Julii. Anno humanæ salutis MDCCCLI.", i.e. F. A. Gore Ouseley, July 1851.
Provenance
[Copy 4] Booklabel of Manoug Parikian. Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988 but lacking his booklabels.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Inscribed inside front cover: John S. G. Simmons, Oxford, 1 Dec. 1953. With loosely inserted ALs from Simmons to Parikian dated All Souls College, Oxford, 12 February 1983, thanking Parikian for the cheque in payment for previously purchased books and enclosing this copy ("I expect ... a duplicate or triplicate, but one can't have too many copies of such books") as a gift.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Engraved armorial bookplate of George Taunton with crow device.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Taunton bookplate is inscribed in pencil: A. H. Symonds.
Binding
[Copy 1] Contemporary green calf; cover design stamped in gilt and blind; gilt-tooled spine with false bands; red leather spine label; red moiré endpapers; gilt text block edges; green silk marker.
Binding
[Copy 2] Contemporary red half calf; gilt-ruled border; orange morocco-grained paper boards; gilt- and blind-tooled spine with false bands; green paper spine label; gilt text block edges; red silk marker.
Binding
[Copy 3] Contemporary red half calf; gilt-ruled border; orange paper boards; gilt- and blind-tooled spine with false bands; spine title in gilt; gilt text block edges; green silk marker.
Binding
[Copy 4] Contemporary red half morocco; gilt-ruled border; orange straight-grained paper boards; gilt-tooled hollow smooth spine with gilt spine title within architectural frame; gilt text block edges.
Binding
[Copy 5] Contemporary red half morocco, rebacked in 20th century red calf; gilt-ruled border; orange moiré paper boards; gilt-tooled hollow smooth spine with gilt spine title within architectural frame; gilt text block edges.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] ECL copy 1 is a variant with the preface having caption title "Monitum" in lieu of the engraved medallion, and having initial "P" in a larger typeface.
Copy-specific note
[All copies] Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil on endleaves.
Subject
Subject
Genre/Form
Prayers.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Ouseley, F. A. Gore (Frederick Arthur Gore), 1825 - 1889 former owner.
Added entry--name
Simmons, J. S. G. (John Simon Gabriel), 1915 - 2005 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
arm mul arm lat
Identifier
B44136