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[Հաւատով խոստովանիմ]
[Hawatov khostovanim]
[Hawatov khostovanim]
Preces Sancti Nersetis Clajensis Armeniorum patriarchae, triginta tribus linguis editae.
Venetiis : In insula S. Lazari., 1862.
[10], 597, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 16 cm.
The translation of the author's prayer "In faith I confess" in 33 languages.
Previous ed.: 1862.
The Prayer of Nerses Shnohali "Հաւատով խոստովանիմ" [Hawatov Khostowanim = In faith I confess], comprising 24 verses for each of the 24 hours.
Languages included are: Ethiopian, English, Arabic, Armenian, Celtic (i.e. Breton?), Chaldaic, Danish, French, German, Greek, Eskimo, Hebrew, Irish, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian, Georgian, Illyrian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Malay, Malayalim, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Chinese, Syriac, Swedish, Turkish and Walachian (Romanian), Albanian, Sanskrit, and Cantabrian [i.e. Basque?].
The volume is a testimony to the variety of founts available to the Mkhit’arist press in S. Lazzaro.
Engraved portrait of St Nerses with caption in Latin and Armenian by G. Bernasconi after Busato.
Preliminary matter in Latin.
Voskanyan, N., et al., 1851-1900, 8446
Booklabel of Manoug Parikian. Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Parikian's pencil note inside lower cover records puchase from (?) Murray Hill, June 1981 for £25.
Booklabel in bold copperplate script of J. B. Maple, Childwick Bury; possibly John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet, of Childwick Bury [Childwickbury] Manor in Hertfordshire.
19th century embossed red cloth; marbled text block edges.
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil on end pastedown.
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Maple, John Blundell, 1845 - 1903 Sir former owner.
Italy Venice.
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B44596