This highly decorated Gospel Book was made in Armenia in the early seventeenth century. An extensive colophon reveals that it was commissioned by a woman named Napat' as a memorial for herself and her family, and the book was consequently given by her to the Church of Saint Sargis in Amida. The artist, Hovannes, and the scribe, Melk'on, are known collaborators on a number of of other manuscripts, and this book is an excellent example of their skill. Richly painted Evangelist portraits and…

Menologium, Turkey, Sis, 1348Cilicia, Sis, 1348 (modern day Turkey, Kozan)

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Mesrop of Khizan, Saint John, from a Gospel Book (MS. LUDWIG II 7, fol. 193v), 1615, tempera and gold leaf on parchment. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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