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Gospel book leaf (MS M.1112).

Accession number
MS M.1112
Object title
Gospel book leaf (MS M.1112).
Created
Lake Van region, Turkey, 1290-1330
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund and Fellows Endowment Fund, March, 1999.
Description
1 single leaf, matted : vellum, illuminated ; 337 x 223 mm
Provenance
Irma and Jack Guevrekian, Manhasset, N.Y.
Notes
Ms. gospel book single leaf; written and illuminated in Turkey, Lake Van region, 1290-1330.
Decoration: on recto, full-page miniature depicting the Nativity, the Magi and the Shepherds; on the verso a full-page miniature depicting the Baptism of Christ.
Scribe and artist: Vrtʻanēs.
Script
bolorgir
Language
Armenian
Century
Classification