Ohio University, folio-east-05a
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS30473
- Shelfmark:
- folio-east-05a
- Title:
- Foliophiles Eastern leaf 05a: Armenian catechism and prayer book, 1741
- Date:
- 1741
- Language:
- Armenian;
- Material:
- Paper (fiber product)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf; Paper (fiber product); 14.5 cm x 20.5 cm
- Note:
- Decoration: Columns (layout features); Marginalia (annotations); Rubrics;
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. in 1928 and issued as a limited edition under the title "Specimens of Oriental Mss and Printing."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 13 of 120.
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM AN ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPT, dated 1741—a Catechism and Book of Prayers
Written by one Paul, a monk of Armedan (in Asia Minor), on a fine waxed paper peculiar to the Near EaSt.The Armenian language belongs to the so-called Indo-European group
Strongly influenced by the ancient Iranian tongue, and later by the various Semitic languages of neighboring peoples, Armenian still retains many characteristics that point to a remote origin
Its peculiar alphabet, apparently a composite of Iranian, Naskhi and Greek, is ascribed to Mesrob, a scholarly ecclesiastic of the 5th Century, shortly after the nation adopted Christianity
One of the outstanding features of written Armenian, as will be noted, is its amazing minuteness
Compare with the more modern printed characters on the supplementary leaf enclosed, which is from a much-thumbed book of ritual, dated 1831.
Specimens of Eastern Manuscripts and Printing - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/4903
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:4903/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
