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The Mugni Gospel (Yerevan
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, Matenadaran
The Matenadaran (), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world's largest repository of Armenian manuscripts.
It was establ ...
, MS 7736) is an 11th-century Armenian
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* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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Gospel Book
A Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels ( Greek: , ) is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament – normally all four – centering on the life of Jesus of Nazareth and the roo ...
produced in 1060.Burchard, Christoph. “Armenia and the Bible : Papers Presented to the International Symposium Held at Heidelberg, July 16–19, 1990.” Atlanta, Ga: Scholars Press, 1993. The manuscript is 42 by 32 cm and contains 301 folios. The binding of the book is made of wood, covered with red velvet and ornamented with plaques of silver and gilt. The first lines of each gospel are in gold. The first letters are lavishly decorated and painted. Actually, the book seems to be overloaded with miniatures and decorations. Saturated colours, expressive figures and fanciful architectural backdrops distinguish it from a more stylized and decorative Byzantine
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manner of manuscript illumination.
See also
*Armenian illuminated manuscript
Armenian illuminated manuscripts (), form an Armenian tradition of formally prepared documents where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. They are related to other forms of Medieval Armenian ...
References
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