Manuscript No. 8: Miscellany

Item Overview

Title

Manuscript No. 8: Miscellany

Alternative title

Miscellany

Author

Hōhannis, Kostandinupōlsetsʻi

Date Created

1690-1700

Date

1690/1700

Language

Armenian

Collection

Armenian Manuscripts

Notes

Description

See Sanjian, Avedis K. Medieval Armenian Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
"A miscellany comprising three texts: (1) ""Book of Virtues"" by Fra Pita; (2) ""The Wisdom of the Philosophers,"" translated by the vardapet Yovhanes Kostandnupolsec'i; and (3) ""the Mirror of Conduct."" (Sanjian, p. 88.)"

Colophon

The principal colophon is missing, but there are three colophons in the codex written by the scribe/priest Yarut'iwn. On page 90 he asks the reader to pray for him and gives the date April 9 in the year 1140 of the Armenian era (AD 1691). In the second colophon, on page 170, he states that the writing of the first text in the book was completed on April 28 in the year 1140 of the Armenian Era (AD 1691), and that the codex was written at the church of Surb Sion (Holy Zion) "in the village of Šoš, which is Aspahan" (that is Isfahan in Iran). The third colophon, on page 536, states that the writing of the last text in the codex was completed in the year 1149 of the Armenian Era (AD 1700); the scribe also provides the last date according to the Lesser Armenian Era, that is, "in the year 85 (AD 1700), on the second of the month of Adam" (April 21). (Sanjian, p. 88.)

Provenance

The codex was written in Isfahan by the scribe/priest Yarut'iwn between 1690 and 1700. There is no indication as to who commissioned the book; the scribe may have written it for his own use. (Sanjian, p. 88.)

Physical Description

Extent

1 volume (536 pages)

Dimensions

15 x 10 cm (written surface area 11 x 7.5 cm)

Condition note

Lacunae between pages 164-165, 191-192, and 204-205. Two chapters in the book have been misnumbered: chapter 35 (page 320) should be 31, and chapter 56 (page 441) should be 55. (Sanjian, p. 88.)

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Genre

Manuscripts

Resource type

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