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Title

Collection of texts on the calendar

Authors

• Hakob, Ghrimetsʻi, active 14th century
• Grigor, Skewṛatsʻi, active 12th century
• Hovhannēs, Vardapet, ca. 1045-1129
• Anania Shirakatsʻi, active 685

Other related names

• Ōrmanean, Maghakʻia, 1841-1918, former owner

Call number

LJS 443
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9951496233503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86167213
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5149623

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Armenian

Origin

Date

after 1416

Place

Armenia

Summary

Collection of commentaries, treatises, tables and diagrams concerning the calendar, by authors from the 7th to the 15th centuries, the most recent being Hakob Ghrimetsʻi, who compiled his commentary in 1416, probably within a decade of the copying of this manuscript. Some marginal notations.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

258 leaves : 186 x 135 (120-140 x 95-98) mm. bound to 195 x 145 mm

Collation

Paper, i + 258 + i; 1-5¹² 6⁶ 7⁴(-1) 8-13¹² 14¹⁶(-1) 15¹² 16¹⁰ 17-18¹² 19¹²(-1) 20-21¹² 22¹⁰ 23⁸ 24⁴(-1); 1-167, i, 168-257, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Gatherings have contemporary signatures in ink on the first recto and often on the last verso, lower center. Modern pagination in pencil is also present, upper center or upper outer corners, but pages without text are not paginated. References in this record are to the modern foliation.

Support

Paper

Binding

Blind-tooled calf with patterned fabric lining the covers and the leather flap attached to the lower cover; remnants of straps on lower cover and flap and of catches on upper cover; paper label with inscription in ink on spine.

Layout

Written in 26-37 long lines; ruled in drypoint, with prickings visible on many leaves; vertical bounding lines traced in red ink in some works.

Decoration

Ornamental headpieces with marginal arabesques in red, blue and brown ink (f. 3r, 131r, 137r, 138r, 145v); diagrams in red ink, most with black text (f. 9r, 23r, 47r, 143r, 144v, 156v, 171r, 192r-203r, 204r-210r, 211r-211v); rubrics in red; some tables ruled in red.

Script

Written in a bolorgir script; 19th-century additions (f. 81r).

Provenance

• Compiled by order of Abbot T'ovma Medsop'etsi and Hakob Ghrimetsʻi, both Armenian scholars, in or after 1416.
   
• Formerly owned by Maghakʻia Ōrmanean, patriarch of Constantinople and Armenian scholar.
   
• Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Nov. 2002.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Calendar--Armenia--Early works to 1800
• Church year--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Commentaries
• Diagrams
• Poems
• Tables (documents)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Armenian--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Commentary
• Astrology
• Astronomy
• Diagrams
• Paper
• Armenian
• Armenia
• Christian
• Calendar

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Introduction, f. 1r
• fol. 3r — Commentary on the calendar, f. 3r
• fol. 55r — On the liturgical year, f. 55r
• fol. 56r — Commentary on the calendar of Andreas, f. 56r
• fol. 58v — Commentary on the calendar of Anania Shirakats?i, f. 58v
• fol. 60r — Commentary on the Roman calendar, f. 60r
• fol. 62r — On the nature of the human body, with discussion of zodiac signs, f. 62r
• fol. 67v — Poem on the nature of the human body, f. 67v
• fol. 69r — Calendar tables, f. 69r
• fol. 82r — Calendar tables, f. 82r
• fol. 131r — Unidentified text with tables and diagram, f. 131r
• fol. 144v — Calendar diagram and table, f. 144v
• fol. 145v — Commentary on the calendar, f. 145v

Decorations

• fol. 3r — Decorated headpiece, f. 3r
• fol. 3r — Decorated initial, f. 3r
• fol. 9r — Diagram, f. 9r
• fol. 47r — Diagram, f. 47r
• fol. 69r — Table, f. 69r
• fol. 69v — Table, f. 69v
• fol. 70r — Table, f. 70r
• fol. 70v — Table, f. 70v
• fol. 71r — Table, f. 71r
• fol. 71v — Table, f. 71v
• fol. 72r — Table, f. 72r
• fol. 72v — Table, f. 72v
• fol. 73r — Table, f. 73r
• fol. 73v — Table, f. 73v
• fol. 74r — Table, f. 74r
• fol. 74v — Table, f. 74v
• fol. 75r — Table, f. 75r
• fol. 75v — Table, f. 75v
• fol. 76r — Table, f. 76r
• fol. 76v — Table, f. 76v
• fol. 77r — Table, f. 77r
• fol. 77v — Table, f. 77v
• fol. 78r — Table, f. 78r
• fol. 78v — Table, f. 78v
• fol. 79r — Table, f. 79r
• fol. 79v — Table, f. 79v
• fol. 80r — Table, f. 80r
• fol. 80v — Table, f. 80v
• fol. 82v — Table, f. 82v
• fol. 83r — Table, f. 83r
• fol. 83v — Table, f. 83v
• fol. 84r — Table, f. 84r
• fol. 84v — Table, f. 84v
• fol. 85r — Table, f. 85r
• fol. 85v — Table, f. 85v
• fol. 86r — Table, f. 86r
• fol. 86v — Table, f. 86v
• fol. 87r — Table, f. 87r
• fol. 87v — Table, f. 87v
• fol. 88r — Table, f. 88r
• fol. 88v — Table, f. 88v
• fol. 89r — Table, f. 89r
• fol. 89v — Table, f. 89v
• fol. 90r — Table, f. 90r
• fol. 90v — Table, f. 90v
• fol. 91r — Table, f. 91r
• fol. 91v — Table, f. 91v
• fol. 92r — Table, f. 92r
• fol. 92v — Table, f. 92v
• fol. 93r — Table, f. 93r
• fol. 93v — Table, f. 93v
• fol. 94r — Table, f. 94r
• fol. 94v — Table, f. 94v
• fol. 95r — Table, f. 95r
• fol. 95v — Table, f. 95v
• fol. 96r — Table, f. 96r
• fol. 96v — Table, f. 96v
• fol. 97r — Table, f. 97r
• fol. 97v — Table, f. 97v
• fol. 98r — Table, f. 98r
• fol. 98v — Table, f. 98v
• fol. 99r — Table, f. 99r
• fol. 99v — Table, f. 99v
• fol. 100r — Table, f. 100r
• fol. 100v — Table, f. 100v
• fol. 101r — Table, f. 101r
• fol. 101v — Table, f. 101v
• fol. 102r — Table, f. 102r
• fol. 102v — Table, f. 102v
• fol. 103r — Table, f. 103r
• fol. 103v — Table, f. 103v
• fol. 104r — Table, f. 104r
• fol. 104v — Table, f. 104v
• fol. 105r — Table, f. 105r
• fol. 105v — Table, f. 105v
• fol. 106r — Table, f. 106r
• fol. 106v — Table, f. 106v
• fol. 107r — Table, f. 107r
• fol. 107v — Table, f. 107v
• fol. 108r — Table, f. 108r
• fol. 108v — Table, f. 108v
• fol. 109r — Table, f. 109r
• fol. 109v — Table, f. 109v
• fol. 110r — Table, f. 110r
• fol. 110v — Table, f. 110v
• fol. 111r — Table, f. 111r
• fol. 111v — Table, f. 111v
• fol. 112r — Table, f. 112r
• fol. 112v — Table, f. 112v
• fol. 113r — Table, f. 113r
• fol. 113v — Table, f. 113v
• fol. 114r — Table, f. 114r
• fol. 114v — Table, f. 114v
• fol. 115r — Table, f. 115r
• fol. 115v — Table, f. 115v
• fol. 116r — Table, f. 116r
• fol. 116v — Table, f. 116v
• fol. 117r — Table, f. 117r
• fol. 117v — Table, f. 117v
• fol. 118r — Table, f. 118r
• fol. 118v — Table, f. 118v
• fol. 119r — Table, f. 119r
• fol. 119v — Table, f. 119v
• fol. 120r — Table, f. 120r
• fol. 120v — Table, f. 120v
• fol. 121r — Table, f. 121r
• fol. 121v — Table, f. 121v
• fol. 122r — Table, f. 122r
• fol. 122v — Table, f. 122v
• fol. 123r — Table, f. 123r
• fol. 123v — Table, f. 123v
• fol. 124r — Table, f. 124r
• fol. 124v — Table, f. 124v
• fol. 125r — Table, f. 125r
• fol. 125v — Table, f. 125v
• fol. 126v — Table, f. 126v
• fol. 127r — Table, f. 127r
• fol. 130r — Table, f. 130r
• fol. 131r — Decorated headpiece, f. 131r
• fol. 131r — Table, f. 131r
• fol. 131v — Decorated initial, f. 131v
• fol. 137r — Decorated headpiece, f. 137r
• fol. 137r — Decorated initial, f. 137r
• fol. 137r — Table, f. 137r
• fol. 137v — Decorated initial, f. 137v
• fol. 138r — Decorated headpiece, f. 138r
• fol. 138r — Decorated initial, f. 138r
• fol. 138r — Table, f. 138r
• fol. 138v — Decorated initial, f. 138v
• fol. 140v — Table, f. 140v
• fol. 140v — Decorated initial, f. 140v
• fol. 143r — Diagram, f. 143r
• fol. 144v — Diagram, f. 144v
• fol. 145v — Table, f. 145v
• fol. 145v — Decorated headpiece, f. 145v
• fol. 145v — Decorated initial, f. 145v
• fol. 148r — Table, f. 148r
• fol. 148v — Table, f. 148v
• fol. 149r — Table, f. 149r
• fol. 149v — Table, f. 149v
• fol. 150r — Table, f. 150r
• fol. 150v — Table, f. 150v
• fol. 151r — Table, f. 151r
• fol. 151v — Table, f. 151v
• fol. 152r — Table, f. 152r
• fol. 152v — Table, f. 152v
• fol. 153r — Table, f. 153r
• fol. 153v — Table, f. 153v
• fol. 155r — Table, f. 155r
• fol. 155v — Table, f. 155v
• fol. 156r — Table, f. 156r
• fol. 156v — Diagram, f. 156v
• fol. 157r — Table, f. 157r
• fol. 157v — Table, f. 157v
• fol. 158r — Table, f. 158r
• fol. 159r — Table, f. 159r
• fol. 159v — Table, f. 159v
• fol. 160r — Table, f. 160r
• fol. 160v — Table, f. 160v
• fol. 163r — Table, f. 163r
• fol. 163v — Table, f. 163v
• fol. 164r — Table, f. 164r
• fol. 164v — Table, f. 164v
• fol. 165r — Table, f. 165r
• fol. 165v — Table, f. 165v
• fol. 166r — Table, f. 166r
• fol. 166v — Table, f. 166v
• fol. 167r — Table, f. 167r
• fol. 167v — Table, f. 167v