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Armenian Gospel with silver cover, 13th and 17th Century

Illuminated Manuscript ~ 13th century Armenian gospel copied and illuminated by a thirteenth-century scribe named Grigor, from Cilicia.

ARMENIAN GOSPEL With SILVER COVER, 13th and 17th Century

These jeweled, enameled, and gilt-silver repoussé covers for a 13th century Armenian gospel are examples of the work produced in the late seventeenth-century silversmith workshop of Kayseri. Both front and back covers are signed, informing us that they were made in Kayseri in 1691 by Astuatsatur Shahamir. The central image on the front cover depicts the Adoration of the Shepherds, and above, the magi following the star. Amid angels, banner in the sky proclaims, “Glory to God in the highest and on Earth peace.” The same composition of shepherds appears on two sets of gospel covers made in Kayseri by M. Karapet Malkhas, one dated 1671 (Mekhitarist Library, Vienna, MS 416) and the other dated 1691 (present location unknown). On the back is the Resurrection, showing Christ in a mandorla holding a bannered cross, surrounded by baroque cherubs and clouds. The green velvet spine is decorated with six garnets and numerous crystal gems arranged in a diamond pattern. These silver covers were attached to a gospel copied and illuminated by a thirteenth-century scribe named Grigor, from Cilicia.

Illuminated manuscript
Date:13th and 17th century
Geography: Kayseri
Medium: Ink and tempera on parchment
Cover: silver, gilt, jewels, enamel

Dimensions:Pages: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Binding: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Approx. opening with cradle: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
W. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)
D. 8 in. (20.3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYS
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446861