| Armenian Gospel Iconography: The Tradition of the Glajor Gospel Contributor(s): Mathews, Thomas F. (Author), Sanjian, Avedis K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0884021831 ISBN-13: 9780884021834 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1991 Annotation: This is the first monographic study of a single Armenian manuscript, the Glajor Gospel, a fourteenth-century illuminated manuscript. In addition to critical studies of the iconography of the illuminations, Mathews and Sanjian provide the history of the Glajor Gospel and the political and cultural setting in which it was produced, as well as the history of the monastery and school of Glajor. All full-page illuminations from the Gospel are reproduced at their original size, with twenty-four color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Calligraphy - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 745.670 |
| LCCN: 90002723 |
| Series: Dumbarton Oaks Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.58" H x 9.24" W x 12.26" (5.08 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first monographic study of a single Armenian manuscript, the Glajor Gospel, a fourteenth-century illuminated manuscript. In addition to critical studies of the iconography of the illuminations, Thomas Mathews and Avedis Sanjian provide the history of the Glajor Gospel and the political and cultural setting in which it was produced, as well as the history of the monastery and school of Glajor. All full-page illuminations from the Gospel are reproduced at their original size, with twenty-four color illustrations. |