Hand-colored [15th century ?] print of the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child, photographed in Los Angeles, 1928

Title: Hand-colored [15th century ?] print of the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child, photographed in Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created: 1928
Date: 1928
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: Latin
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Related to the article “Angeleno Owns Ancient Bible, Book Reputed 1600 Years of Age.” Los Angeles Times, 18 June 1928: A1
Hand-colored print on parchment, 15th century (?), depicting an angel pointing to the Virgin Mary with the infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the infant Jesus, in an oval frame surrounded by scroll ornament and flowers. Below the oval frame a latin inscription reads, in part, "IE S V' BONE ADIVA N[ ]G". The print was owned by P. H. Kazanjian of 1158 West Vernon Avenue, Los Angeles, in 1928.
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Bible, Armenian Bible, 1600 yrs. old

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
prints (visual works)
Names: Jesus Christ Art
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Art
John, the Baptist, Saint Art
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Angels in art

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: 1141
uclamss_1429_1141
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dbjgh
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .