Research Catalog

Title

• Illustrious illuminations II : Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eigheenth century / curators, Florian Knothe, Christopher Matison ; authors, Florian Knothe, Robert Mccarthy, Vrej Nerses Nersessian ; Chinese translation and editing by Wong Shun Chi, Andrea Chen and Edward Zhou = 輝煌的啟示 (貳) : 十一世紀至十八世紀的亞美尼亞基督宗教手稿 / 策展人, 羅諾德, 馬德松 ; 作者, 羅諾德, 羅伯特 · 麥卡錫 ; 中文翻译黃信之, 陳劍, 周政.
• Illustrious illuminations II : Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eigheenth century / curators, Florian Knothe, Christopher Matison ; authors, Florian Knothe, Robert Mccarthy, Vrej Nerses Nersessian ; Chinese translation and editing by Wong Shun Chi, Andrea Chen and Edward Zhou = Hui huang de qi shi (er) : Shi yi shi ji zhi shi ba shi ji de Yameiniya Jidu zong jiao shou gao / ce zhan ren, Luo Nuode, Ma Desong ; zuo zhe, Luo Nuode, Luobote Maikaxi ; zhong wen fan yi Huang Xinzhi, Chen Jian, Zhou Zheng.

Publication

Hong Kong : University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 2017.

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Additional Authors

• Knothe, Florian
• Mattison, Christopher
• McCarthy, Robert
• Nersessian, Vrej, 1948-
• 黃信之
• Huang, Xinzhi
• 陳劍
• Chen, Jian
• 周政
• Zhou, Zheng
• University of Hong Kong. University Museum and Art Gallery, host institution, issuing body.

Description

101 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm

Summary

Manuscripts from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century assembles a fine selection of bound volumes, prayer scrolls, and illuminated leaves illustrating the Christian Gospel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Armenian illustrated manuscripts are some of the most lavishly decorated codices of the Christian churches from the Middle East. The Gospels are paramount among these, primarily because of the Armenian community?s respect for the sacred texts, revering them in the same way that Greek and Russian Christians regard holy icons. Such texts were often carried into war by Armenian rulers and individual copies of the Gospels were given sacred names and believed to hold miraculous powers. The golden age of Armenian illuminated manuscripts was in the Cilician period (12th?14th centuries). Cilicia was home to important scriptoria?the workshops of Hromkla (actually beyond Cilicia proper), Grner, Sis (the Capital), Drazark, and Skevra, where there were many outstanding artists such as Thoros Roslin. Cilician illumination at the end of the fourteenth century was severely affected by the advance of the Muslims. The kingdom was destroyed by the Mamluks, the Islamic rulers of Egypt, in 1375. Manuscripts by the hundreds were lost, mutilated or destroyed; only a few survived. Many artists escaped from Cilicia to other Armenian centers?where they continued the tradition of Cilician illumination?while others chose to adopt the art forms of their new environments. The importance of the book as a vehicle for the transmission of Armenian culture cannot be over stated.

Alternative Title

• Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eigheenth century
• 輝煌的啟示 (貳) : 十一世紀至十八世紀的亞美尼亞基督宗教手稿
• Hui huang de qi shi (er) : Shi yi shi ji zhi shi ba shi ji de Yameiniya Jidu zong jiao shou gao
• 十一世紀至十八世紀的亞美尼亞基督宗教手稿
• Shi yi shi ji zhi shi ba shi ji de Yameiniya Jidu zong jiao shou gao
• 11世紀至18世紀的亞美尼亞基督宗教手稿
• 11 shi ji zhi 18 shi ji de Yameiniya Jidu zong jiao shou gao

Subjects

• Christian art and symbolism
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Armenian
• McCarthy, Robert > Art collections > Exhibitions
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Armenian > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Asia > Armenia
• Art > Private collections
• Christian art and symbolism > Armenia > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "From the McCarthy Collection" -- Title page.
• Published to accompany an exhibition held March 31,2017 to June 11, 2017 at University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 15).

Language (note)

• Parallel English text and Chinese translation.

Call Number

JQG 18-694

ISBN

• 9789881902443
• 9881902444

OCLC

1034693213

Title

Illustrious illuminations II : Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eigheenth century / curators, Florian Knothe, Christopher Matison ; authors, Florian Knothe, Robert Mccarthy, Vrej Nerses Nersessian ; Chinese translation and editing by Wong Shun Chi, Andrea Chen and Edward Zhou = Hui huang de qi shi (er) : Shi yi shi ji zhi shi ba shi ji de Yameiniya Jidu zong jiao shou gao / ce zhan ren, Luo Nuode, Ma Desong ; zuo zhe, Luo Nuode, Luobote Maikaxi ; zhong wen fan yi Huang Xinzhi, Chen Jian, Zhou Zheng.

Alternate Script for Title

Illustrious illuminations II : Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eigheenth century / curators, Florian Knothe, Christopher Matison ; authors, Florian Knothe, Robert Mccarthy, Vrej Nerses Nersessian ; Chinese translation and editing by Wong Shun Chi, Andrea Chen and Edward Zhou = 輝煌的啟示 (貳) : 十一世紀至十八世紀的亞美尼亞基督宗教手稿 / 策展人, 羅諾德, 馬德松 ; 作者, 羅諾德, 羅伯特 · 麥卡錫 ; 中文翻译黃信之, 陳劍, 周政.

Publisher

Hong Kong : University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 15).

Language

Parallel English text and Chinese translation.

Added Author

Knothe, Florian, author, curator.

Mattison, Christopher, curator.

McCarthy, Robert, author, collector.

Nersessian, Vrej, 1948- author.

Huang, Xinzhi, translator.

Alternate Script for Added Author

黃信之, translator.

Added Author

Chen, Jian, translator.

Alternate Script for Added Author

陳劍, translator.

Added Author

Zhou, Zheng, translator.

Alternate Script for Added Author

周政, translator.

Added Author

University of Hong Kong. University Museum and Art Gallery, host institution, issuing body.

Research Call Number

JQG 18-694