The Four Gospels
This manuscript, copied on paper in two columns in regular bolorgir (round hand) script, is of the sixteenth century. It has no colophon, hence its date and provenance are unknown. However, the scribe has left several discreet memorials seeking prayers from future generations for the salvation of th...
| Date(s) of creation: |
16th century |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Reference number: |
MS 11521 |
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| Summary: |
This manuscript, copied on paper in two columns in regular bolorgir (round hand) script, is of the sixteenth century. It has no colophon, hence its date and provenance are unknown. However, the scribe has left several discreet memorials seeking prayers from future generations for the salvation of the soul of 'the unworthy scribe Movses'. A later inscription dated 8 November 1774 records that an Armenian priest named Ter Hovhannes gave the manuscript 'to a certain Englishman named Brown'. |
| Main author: |
Unknown
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| Extent: |
1 volume |
| Custodial history: | Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835. |
| Acquisition: |
A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916. |
| Access status: |
Open |
| User restrictions: | For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: | Armenian (Classical) |
| Scripts: |
Armenian |
| Physical description: |
H15 x W10.9cm |
| Format: | Archive |