Armenian Manuscripts of the Crimea in Collections of Moscow

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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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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mikayel Arakelyan
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - Armenian Manuscripts of the Crimea in Collections of Moscow
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 19
EP  - 25
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icassee-18.2018.4
DO  - 10.2991/icassee-18.2018.4
ID  - Arakelyan2018/12
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