H x W x D: 33.6 × 25.9 × 4.1 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/16 × 1 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Armenia
Date:
11th century
Description:
The Gospel according to St. Mark and St. Luke (both incomplete). Sewed (4 leaves and 1 quire loose). Brown-black vertical uncials on 113 parchment folios plus 1 paper folio. Illuminated title-page (St. Luke), paragraphs (122) and ornamented intials (122). One of a series: 33.5, 47.2-47.4.
Provenance:
To 1933
Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), New York. [1]
From 1933
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Armenian Manuscripts (May 15, 1979 to March 11, 1980)
Christian Art (December 1, 1971 to April 7, 1978)
Christian Art (January 1, 1963 to May 15, 1968)
Untitled Exhibition, Armenian and Byzantine Art (July 28, 1958 to January 1, 1963)
Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, East Corridor (October 26, 1955 to November 10, 1955)
Special Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts and East Christian Art (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1947 (June 18, 1947 to October 26, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts (December 20, 1944 to October 6, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)
