Shelfmark
Iaa6.5.21
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. New Testament. Modern (Western) Armenian
Title
ՆՈՐ ԿՏԱԿԱՐԱՆ ՏԵԱՌՆ ՄԵՐՈՅ ՅԻՍՈՒՍԻ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ : Դրաբառէն հաւատարմութեամբ աշխարհաբառի թարգմանվեցաւ:
Nor Ktakaran Tearn Meroy Yisusi K’ristosi : Grabaren hawatarmut’eamb ashkharhabari t’argmanvets’aw:
Nor Ktakaran Tearn Meroy Yisusi K’ristosi : Grabaren hawatarmut’eamb ashkharhabari t’argmanvets’aw:
Publication, distribution, etc.
Ի Զմիւռնիա : Ի Զմիւռնիա ի Տպարանի Կուլիէլմոս Կռիֆիթի, 1842.
I Zmiwrnia : I tparani Kuliēlmos Kṛifitʿi, 1842.
I Zmiwrnia : I tparani Kuliēlmos Kṛifitʿi, 1842.
Physical description
[4], 644 p. ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Language
In Armenian.
Note
The New Testament translated into Modern (Western) Armenian from classical Armenian.
Note
In 1836 the British Foreign Bible Society requested the American Missionaries at Smyrna to prepare a corrected edition of Zenob Erzrumets'i's Modern Armenian translation. J.B. Adger prepared this revised edition.
Note
Kuliēmos Kṛifitʿi = William Griffith, printer.
Note
The section beginning from The Acts of the Apostles (p. 277) was published separately also in 1842. Cf. Nersessian, 559.
Citation/references note
Nersessian, 572
Citation/references note
Davt’yan, 1171
Provenance
Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988 but without his booklabels.
Provenance
Pencil note in Parikian's hand on endleaf recording purchase at Thornton's, Oxford (undated).
Provenance
Inscription in ink on front flyleaf: A. H. Layard, Constantinople, Dec. 1842. Bible translated into Modern Armenian by the Revd. J. B. Adge [sic].
Provenance
Bookseller's pencil inscription: A. H. Layard's copy [i.e. the archaeologist and politician, Sir Austen Henry Layard.
Binding
19th century sheep half binding; gilt-ruled spine; dark green paste paper boards; blue endpapers; blue and white striped wove endbands.
Copy-specific note
Interleaved copy with additional blank leaves at end.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil on endleaf.
Added entry--name
Griffith, William, ? - active 1840 printer.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Layard, Austen Henry, 1817 - 1894 former owner.
Added entry--place
Turkey Izmir.
Language code
arm
Identifier
B44332