Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2018)

Armenian Manuscripts of the Crimea in Collections of Moscow

Authors
Mikayel Arakelyan
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Mikayel Arakelyan
Available Online December 2018.
DOI
10.2991/icassee-18.2018.4How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Armenian manuscripts; miniature; colophon; iconography; painting; the Crimea; Bakhchisaray; Kafa; Karasu-bazar
Abstract

The scientific article presents studies of three Armenian manuscripts of the 17th-19th centuries. These are Collection of Liturgical Texts, Hmayil and Herbal Treatment Guide (Treatment Book), originating from the scriptoria of the Crimean peninsula (Bakhchisaray, Kafa, Karasu-bazar). Manuscripts are kept in two significant collections in Moscow: the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts and the Russian State Library. A brief codicological characteristic for each manuscript is given. It is also presented art-historical, iconography, paleographic analysis of the miniatures and colophon that allows the scholars to get acquainted with the results of a comprehensive study of the manuscripts’ heritage of Crimean Armenians Late Middle Ages.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
December 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-627-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icassee-18.2018.4How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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