The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This hymnal was completed in Constantinople on August 15, 1678 [AE 1127], by the priest Yakob Pēligratc‘i, having been commissioned by Člav, son of Nawasard, as a dedication to his sons, Astuacatur and Sahak. The structure of the hymns adheres approximately to the standard Armenian hymnal (Շաբակնոց), with minor variations in order and a few substitutions (see Sanjian in the bibliography). The book is illuminated extensively, with thirty-eight full- and half-page polychrome miniatures against gold backgrounds, eight decorated head-pieces marking the principal divisions of the hymnal, and numerous marginal miniatures marking individual hymns, including biblical figures, saints, bishops, and vignettes. The style of the miniatures is largely in imitation of western European models, though more traditional Armenian and Byzantine influences stand out, such as the vibrant color palette, an iconic frontality for depictions of saints and bishops, and the highly abstracted floral motifs and zoomorphic incipits marking hymn divisions.
Bolorgir
Principal cataloger: Der Nersessian, Sirarpie
Principal cataloger: Landau, Amy
Principal cataloger: van Lint, Theo M
Cataloger: Dennis, Nathan S
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Thanks are expressed to Professor Bernard Coulie (Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) for kindly making available his bibliography on the Armenian manuscripts kept in the Walters Art Museum.
De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 763, cat. no. 33.
Der Nersessian, Sirarpie. Armenian Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1973; pp. 76-82, 91-92, cat. no. X, plates H, 230-241.
Sanjian, Avedis K. A Catalogue of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts in the United States. University of California Publications, Near Eastern Studies 16. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1976; pp. 326-331, cat. no. 64.
Evans, Helen C. "Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, MS W.547." In Treasures in Heaven: Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts. Eds. Thomas F. Mathews and Roger S. Wieck. New York; Princeton: Pierpont Morgan Library and Princeton University Press, 1994; pp. 155-156, cat. no. 14, figs. 75, 102.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Constantinople
1678 CE
book
Original Binding
Upper and lower wooden boards lined with smooth, medium-brown leather, blind-tooled with an outer rectangular border with four parallel lines, followed by eight-petaled rosettes; inner frame made of double lines with fleurs-de-lis in the corners and four quatrefoils framing a central diamond composed of four additional quatrefoils; a larger, single-lined diamond frames the central diamond; single vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines intersect; two silver pins are affixed to the upper board, and two holes remain on the lower board, indicating that clasps were once attached; the leather spine of the book is not original; inner pastedown of upper board made of red-and-white-striped cloth; inside of lower board is missing its pastedown, leaving the wood exposed
The primary language in this manuscript is Armenian.
Commissioned by Člav, son of Nawasard, from Šṙnuł, as a dedication to his sons, Astuacatur and Sahak
Mosēs, son of Ohanǰay, from Constantinople, owned the book in the eighteenth century, based on an inscription dated to July 10, 1712
Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
Constantinople
1678 CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Armenian.
Commissioned by Člav, son of Nawasard, from Šṙnuł, as a dedication to his sons, Astuacatur and Sahak
Mosēs, son of Ohanǰay, from Constantinople, owned the book in the eighteenth century, based on an inscription dated to July 10, 1712
Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
This hymnal was completed in Constantinople on August 15, 1678 [AE 1127], by the priest Yakob Pēligratc‘i, having been commissioned by Člav, son of Nawasard, as a dedication to his sons, Astuacatur and Sahak. The structure of the hymns adheres approximately to the standard Armenian hymnal (Շաբակնոց), with minor variations in order and a few substitutions (see Sanjian in the bibliography). The book is illuminated extensively, with thirty-eight full- and half-page polychrome miniatures against gold backgrounds, eight decorated head-pieces marking the principal divisions of the hymnal, and numerous marginal miniatures marking individual hymns, including biblical figures, saints, bishops, and vignettes. The style of the miniatures is largely in imitation of western European models, though more traditional Armenian and Byzantine influences stand out, such as the vibrant color palette, an iconic frontality for depictions of saints and bishops, and the highly abstracted floral motifs and zoomorphic incipits marking hymn divisions.
Bolorgir
Principal cataloger: Der Nersessian, Sirarpie
Principal cataloger: Landau, Amy
Principal cataloger: van Lint, Theo M
Cataloger: Dennis, Nathan S
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Thanks are expressed to Professor Bernard Coulie (Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) for kindly making available his bibliography on the Armenian manuscripts kept in the Walters Art Museum.
De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 763, cat. no. 33.
Der Nersessian, Sirarpie. Armenian Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1973; pp. 76-82, 91-92, cat. no. X, plates H, 230-241.
Sanjian, Avedis K. A Catalogue of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts in the United States. University of California Publications, Near Eastern Studies 16. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1976; pp. 326-331, cat. no. 64.
Evans, Helen C. "Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, MS W.547." In Treasures in Heaven: Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts. Eds. Thomas F. Mathews and Roger S. Wieck. New York; Princeton: Pierpont Morgan Library and Princeton University Press, 1994; pp. 155-156, cat. no. 14, figs. 75, 102.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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