A digital facsimile of selections fromWalters Ms. W.545, Hymnal
Published by: The Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.thewalters.org/
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This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Department of Manuscripts.
Shelf mark
Walters Art Museum Ms. W.545
Descriptive Title
Hymnal
Text title
Hymnal Vernacular: Շարակնոց
Abstract
This Armenian hymnal was created in the late-seventeenth or early eighteenth century. Although no colophons are recorded in the manuscript, the name of the scribe, Awēt, appears on fol. 11r. This may be the same Awēt whose work is recorded elsewhere in manuscripts produced at the Monastery of Surb Amenap'rkič in New Julfa, Isfahan (Iran). The four miniatures depicting Joachim and Anna, Adam and Eve, the Resurrection of Christ, and Pentecost represent familiarity with European pictorial traditions. They appear to have been retouched after the original paint began to flake off. The head-pieces for canon divisions and the marginal decoration are based on earlier Armenian models. The small size of this hymnal suggests that it was used privately when participating in the Armenian liturgy.
Date
Late 17th or 18th century CE
Origin
Possibly Monastery of Surb Amenap'rkič in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran
Scribe
As-written name: Awēt Known as: Awetis Known as: Avetis
Form
Book
Genre
Devotional
Genre
Liturgical
Language
The primary language in this manuscript is Armenian.
Support material
Parchment Very thin, almost transparent calfskin, carefully selected and prepared, with very few blemishes; moderate curling of the folio leaves; lower folio corners are stained from handling; first and last folios have been torn considerably; first thirtytwo folios stained at the top edges with what appears to be
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black ink; no pastedowns used on inside boards, leaving the wood exposed Extent
Foliation: i+373 Foliation marked in pencil in upper right corners, rectos; fol. 373 is marked as 443
Collation
Formula: 1(12), 2(12), 3(12), 4(12), 5(12), 6(12), 7(12), 8(12), 9(12), 10(12), 11(12), 12(14,-9), 13(12), 14(12), 15(14,-3), 16(12), 17(12), 18(12), 19(12), 20(12), 21(12), 22(12,-10), 23(12), 24(12), 25(12), 26(12), 27(12), 28(12), 29(12), 30(18,-6), 31(10,-1,-3) Catchwords: None Signatures: None Comments: First folios of each quire on fols. i, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 145, 157, 169, 182, 194, 206, 218, 230, 242, 254, 265, 277, 259, 301, 313, 325, 337, 349, 366; last two quires of the book were added later
Dimensions
8.0 cm wide by 11.0 cm high
Written surface
4.5 cm wide by 7.0 cm high
Layout
Columns: 1 Ruled lines: 21
Contents
fols. 1r - 373v: Title: Hymnal Scribe: Awēt Hand note: Bolorgir Decoration note: Four full-page polychrome miniatures and nine decorated head-pieces for principal canon divisions; marginal decorations with floral and faunal motifs appear beside individual canons; decorated initials in red, blue, and yellow pigment; rubrics in red; text in black ink fols. 1v - 11r: Title: Canon of the Birth of the Virgin Scribe: Awēt
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Decoration note: One full-page miniature, one headpiece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons fols. 11v - 57v: Title: Canon of the Eve of Theophany Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One full-page miniature, one headpiece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons fols. 58r - 136r: Title: Canon of Shrove Tuesday Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One full-page miniature, one headpiece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons fols. 137v - 186r: Title: Canon of the Resurrection Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One full-page miniature, one headpiece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons fols. 186v - 234v: Title: Canon of Pentecost Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One full-page miniature, one headpiece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons fols. 235r - 288v: Title: Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons fols. 289r - 309r: Title: Canon of All the Martyrs Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons
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fols. 309v - 333v: Title: Canon of All the Dead Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons fols. 334r - 373v: Title: Canon of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Scribe: Awēt Decoration note: One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons Decoration
fol. 1v: Title: Joachim and Anna Form: Full-page miniature Text: Canon of the Birth of the Virgin fol. 2r: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of the Birth of the Virgin Form: Decorative frame, incipit, and marginal ornament Text: Canon of the Birth of the Virgin fol. 11v: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of the Eve of Theophany Form: Head-piece and marginal decoration Text: Canon of the Eve of Theophany fol. 57v: Title: Adam and Eve Form: Full-page miniature Text: Canon of Shrove Tuesday fol. 58r: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of Shrove Tuesday Form: Head-piece and marginal decoration Text: Canon of Shrove Tuesday fol. 137v: Title: Resurrection
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Form: Full-page miniature Text: Canon of the Resurrection fol. 138r: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of the Resurrection Form: Head-piece, incipit, and marginal decoration Text: Canon of the Resurrection fol. 186v: Title: Pentecost Form: Full-page miniature Text: Canon of Pentecost fol. 187r: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of Pentecost Form: Head-piece, incipit, and marginal decoration Text: Canon of Pentecost fol. 235r: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross Form: Head-piece and marginal decoration Text: Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross fol. 289r: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of All the Martyrs Form: Head-piece and marginal decoration Text: Canon of All the Martyrs fol. 309v: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of All the Dead Form: Head-piece and marginal decoration Text: Canon of All the Dead fol. 334r: Title: Head-piece for the Canon of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Form: Head-piece and marginal decoration Text: Canon of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Binding
The binding is original.
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Reddish-brown morocco binding over wooden boards (no lining); upper cover had two catches (the lower one is now missing) and lower cover had two leather straps that attached to the catches (both straps are now missing but their stubs remain, along with the four metal pins with imprinted stars that held them in place); upper and lower boards decorated with blind-tooled quatrefoil floral motif in the center and four additional floral motifs in the corners of a rectangular frame; spine is undecorated with four ribs Provenance
Produced in the late seventeenth or eighteenth century, possibly at the Monastery of Surb Amenap'rkič in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, by the scribe Awēt (or Awetis) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
Bibliography
Thanks are expressed to Professor Bernard Coulie (Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) for kindly making available his bibliography on the Armenian manuscripts kept in the Walters Art Museum. De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 762, cat. no. 32. (In Armenian) Tēr-Awetisean, Smbat, and L. G. Minasean. Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the All-Saviour Monastery at New Julfa. 2 vols. Vienna: 1970, 1972; vol. 1, cat. nos. 152, 267, 269, 270, 277, 303, 306, 314, 337, 584; vol. 2, cat. no. 174. Der Nersessian, Sirarpie. Armenian Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1973; pp. 83-84, cat. no. XI, plates 242-243. Sanjian, Avedis K. A Catalogue of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts in the United States. University of California Publications, Near Eastern Studies 16. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1976; pp. 332-333, cat. no. 65.
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Contributors
Principal catalogers: Der Nersessian, Sirarpie; Landau, Amy; van Lint, Theo M Cataloger: Dennis, Nathan S Editor: Herbert, Lynley Copy editor: Dibble, Charles Conservators: Owen, Linda; Quandt, Abigail Contributors: Bockrath, Diane; Dennis, Nathan S; Emery, Doug; Noel, William; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.
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The Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 http://www.thewalters.org/
Released under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode Published 2013
This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Department of Manuscripts.
The Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 http://www.thewalters.org/
Released under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode Published 2013