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[Collection of texts on the calendar]

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Title: [Collection of texts on the calendar]
Name: Hakob, Ghrimetsʻi, active 14th century, Grigor, Skewṛatsʻi, active 12th century, Hovhannēs, Vardapet, approximately 1045-1129, Anania Shirakatsʻi, active 685
Date: 1416
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices, Commentaries, Diagrams, Poems, Tables (documents), Treatises, Manuscripts, Armenian, Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: 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.
Extent: 258 leaves : paper ; 186 x 135 (120-140 x 95-98) mm bound to 195 x 145 mm
Language: Armenian
Coverage: Early works to 1800, Turkic Mongol Domination, 1045-1522
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Table of contents: 1. f.1r-2r: [Introduction], Table of contents: 2. f.3r-54v: [Commentary on the calendar / Hakob Ghrimetsʻi ; On the calendar of Hakob Ghrimetsʻi], Table of contents: 3. f.55r-56r: [On the liturgical year / Grigor Skewṛatsʻi], Table of contents: 4. f.56r-58v: [Commentary on the calendar of Andreas], Table of contents: 5. f.58v-60r: [Commentary on the calendar of Anania Shirakatsʻi], Table of contents: 6. f.60r-62r: [Commentary on the Roman calendar], Table of contents: 7. f.62r-67r: [On the nature of the human body, with discussion of zodiac signs], Table of contents: 8. f.67v-68v: [Poem on the nature of the human body], Table of contents: 9. f.69r-80v: [Calendar tables], Table of contents: 10. f.82r-130r: [Calendar tables], Table of contents: 11. f.131r-143r: [Unidentified text with tables and diagram], Table of contents: 12. f.144v-145v: [Calendar diagram and table], Table of contents: 13. f.145v-212r: [Commentary on the calendar / Hovhannēs Vardapet (also known as Hovhannēs Sarkawag)], Table of contents: 14. f.213r-244r: [On astronomy / Anania Shirakatsʻi], Table of contents: 15. f.247-254v: [Calendar tables], Table of contents: 16. f.255r-257v: [Unidentified work added later to the manuscript], 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., 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., Script: Written in a bolorgir script; 19th-century additions (f. 81r)., 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., 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., Origin: Written in Armenia after 1416 (date of compilation of commentary on the calendar by Hakob Ghrimetsʻi)., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Armenian.
Relation: The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3f76675r, Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs443.html
Subject: Astrology -- Early works to 1800, Astrology, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Calendar -- Armenia -- Early works to 1800, Church year -- Early works to 1800, Church year, Calendar, History
Geographic Subject: Armenia -- History -- Turkic Mongol Domination, 1045-1522, Armenia
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 443
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., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021., Ōrmanean, Maghakʻia, 1841-1918, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9951496233503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3f76675r/manifest

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Metadata

DS ID:: DS683
Shelfmark:: LJS 443
Title:: Collection of texts on the calendar

Calendar
Place:: Armenia

Armenia TGN
Date:: after 1416

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT
Language:: Armenian

Armenian WIKIDATA
Material:: paper

Paper AAT
Physical Description:: Extent: 258 leaves : paper ; 186 x 135 (120-140 x 95-98) mm bound to 195 x 145 mm
Former Owner(s):: Ōrmanean, Maghakʻia, 1841-1918

Malachia Ormanian WIKIDATA
Note:: Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
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.
Script: Written in a bolorgir script; 19th-century additions (f. 81r).
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.
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.
Origin: Written in Armenia after 1416 (date of compilation of commentary on the calendar by Hakob Ghrimetsʻi).
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.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
Keyword:: Manuscripts, Renaissance

diagrams

poems

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Armenian

commentaries

treatises

tables (documents)

Armenia

Calendar

Turkic Mongol Domination (Armenia : 1045-1522)

Church year

Early works

Astronomy

Astrology

History
Institutional Record:: https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9951496233503681
IIIF Manifest:: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3f76675r/manifest
Holding Institution:: University of Pennsylvania

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