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Illustrious illuminations II : Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eighteenth century
- Title
- Illustrious illuminations II : Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eighteenth century / curators, Florian Knothe, Christopher Mattison ; authors, Florian Knothe, Robert Mccarthy, Vrej Nerses Nersessian ; Chinese translation and editing Wong Shun Chi Isaac, 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, Vrej Nerses Nersessian ; 中文翻译黃信之, 陳劍, 周政.
- Illustrious illuminations II : Armenian Christian manuscripts from the eleventh to the eighteenth century / curators, Florian Knothe, Christopher Mattison ; 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, Vrej Nerses Nersessian ; zhong wen fan yi Huang Xinzhi, Chen Jian, Zhou Zheng.
- Publication
- Hong Kong : University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 2017.
- ©2017
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- 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 eighteenth 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
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- "From the McCarthy Collection. Maikaxi sou cang" -- 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.
- "From the McCarthy Collection. 麥卡錫蒐藏"-- Title pase.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 15).
- Language (note)
- Parallel English text and Chinese translation.
- ISBN
- 9789881902443
- 9881902444
- OCLC
- on1034693213
- SCSB-9567760
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library