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Armenian Gospel Book sold for $13 000 at Sotheby's
December 12, 2012 - 21:24 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Gospel Book on vellum has recently sold for
$13 086 at Sotheby's. The manuscript dating back to 1656-1658 perhaps
belonged to Julfa school of miniature painting, according to the
auction website.
The 265-page illuminated manuscript is written in black ink in
bolorgir script, rubrics in red, one-line initials in blue or liquid
gold, larger initials in floral designs in liquid gold, pink and
green. The book contains Eusebian canon-tables between trees and
architectural columns supporting colored headbands flanked by
portraits of the evangelists in pink brushwork, four full-page
miniatures, each with a full-page miniature in purple penwork, areas
of drapery and furniture infilled with color.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/137071/
December 12, 2012 - 21:24 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Gospel Book on vellum has recently sold for
$13 086 at Sotheby's. The manuscript dating back to 1656-1658 perhaps
belonged to Julfa school of miniature painting, according to the
auction website.
The 265-page illuminated manuscript is written in black ink in
bolorgir script, rubrics in red, one-line initials in blue or liquid
gold, larger initials in floral designs in liquid gold, pink and
green. The book contains Eusebian canon-tables between trees and
architectural columns supporting colored headbands flanked by
portraits of the evangelists in pink brushwork, four full-page
miniatures, each with a full-page miniature in purple penwork, areas
of drapery and furniture infilled with color.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/137071/