Codex Etchmiadzin (1 results)

Folio (296 x 363 mm). 323 ff. 19 full-page illuminations. Heavy wooden boards with imitation ivory plaques, each consisting of five segments, that reproduce the original ivory cover; calf spine with gilt title. Complete facsimile edition of the Codex Etchmiadzin. One of 150 copies of the deluxe edition that includes a faithful replica of the original ivory binding. - The Etchmiadzin Gospels, preserved as Codex 2374 at the Mashtots Matenadaran Library in Yerevan, is deemed by scholars to be the best preserved edition of the Old Armenian Bible translation, which was first composed during the early fifth century. The manuscript was penned in 989 in the monastery of Noravank in the Blen province (south east of Yerevan), this translation being considered the "Queen of Versions" due to its beauty of language and uncontaminated style. - Without the commentary or the book cassette.