Walters Ms. W.545, Hymnal Canon of the Birth of the Virgin Canon of the Eve of Theophany Canon of Shrove Tuesday Canon of the Resurrection Canon of Pentecost Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross Canon of All the Martyrs Canon of All the Dead Canon of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Hymnal Շարակնոց scribe Awēt Awetis Avetis Principal cataloger Der Nersessian, Sirarpie Principal cataloger Landau, Amy Principal cataloger van Lint, Theo M Cataloger Dennis, Nathan S Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Dennis, Nathan S Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This Armenian hymnal was created in the late-seventeenth or early eighteenth century. Although no colophons are recorded in the manuscript, the name of the scribe, Awēt, appears on fol. 11r. This may be the same Awēt whose work is recorded elsewhere in manuscripts produced at the Monastery of Surb Amenap'rkič in New Julfa, Isfahan (Iran). The four miniatures depicting Joachim and Anna, Adam and Eve, the Resurrection of Christ, and Pentecost represent familiarity with European pictorial traditions. They appear to have been retouched after the original paint began to flake off. The head-pieces for canon divisions and the marginal decoration are based on earlier Armenian models. The small size of this hymnal suggests that it was used privately when participating in the Armenian liturgy. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.545 The primary language in this manuscript is Armenian. 1r - 373v Hymnal Շարակնոց scribe 1v - 11r Canon of the Birth of the Virgin scribe 11v - 57v Canon of the Eve of Theophany scribe 58r - 136r Canon of Shrove Tuesday scribe 137v - 186r Canon of the Resurrection scribe 186v - 234v Canon of Pentecost scribe 235r - 288v Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross scribe 289r - 309r Canon of All the Martyrs scribe 309v - 333v Canon of All the Dead scribe 334r - 373v Canon of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ scribe

Very thin, almost transparent calfskin, carefully selected and prepared, with very few blemishes; moderate curling of the folio leaves; lower folio corners are stained from handling; first and last folios have been torn considerably; first thirty-two folios stained at the top edges with what appears to be black ink; no pastedowns used on inside boards, leaving the wood exposed

 Foliation: i+37311.0 8.0 7.0 4.5 Foliation marked in pencil in upper right corners, rectos; fol. 373 is marked as 443

1(12), 2(12), 3(12), 4(12), 5(12), 6(12), 7(12), 8(12), 9(12), 10(12), 11(12), 12(14,-9), 13(12), 14(12), 15(14,-3), 16(12), 17(12), 18(12), 19(12), 20(12), 21(12), 22(12,-10), 23(12), 24(12), 25(12), 26(12), 27(12), 28(12), 29(12), 30(18,-6), 31(10,-1,-3) None None First folios of each quire on fols. i, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 145, 157, 169, 182, 194, 206, 218, 230, 242, 254, 265, 277, 259, 301, 313, 325, 337, 349, 366; last two quires of the book were added later

 Bolorgir One full-page miniature, one head-piece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons One full-page miniature, one head-piece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons One full-page miniature, one head-piece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons One full-page miniature, one head-piece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons One full-page miniature, one head-piece, and marginal decorations marking individual canons One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons One head-piece and marginal decorations marking individual canons Four full-page polychrome miniatures and nine decorated head-pieces for principal canon divisions; marginal decorations with floral and faunal motifs appear beside individual canons; decorated initials in red, blue, and yellow pigment; rubrics in red; text in black ink Joachim and Anna Canon of the Birth of the Virgin Full-page miniature Head-piece for the Canon of the Birth of the Virgin Canon of the Birth of the Virgin Decorative frame, incipit, and marginal ornament Head-piece for the Canon of the Eve of Theophany Canon of the Eve of Theophany Head-piece and marginal decoration Adam and Eve Canon of Shrove Tuesday Full-page miniature Head-piece for the Canon of Shrove Tuesday Canon of Shrove Tuesday Head-piece and marginal decoration Resurrection Canon of the Resurrection Full-page miniature Head-piece for the Canon of the Resurrection Canon of the Resurrection Head-piece, incipit, and marginal decoration Pentecost Canon of Pentecost Full-page miniature Head-piece for the Canon of Pentecost Canon of Pentecost Head-piece, incipit, and marginal decoration Head-piece for the Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross Canon of the Eve of the Holy Cross Head-piece and marginal decoration Head-piece for the Canon of All the Martyrs Canon of All the Martyrs Head-piece and marginal decoration Head-piece for the Canon of All the Dead Canon of All the Dead Head-piece and marginal decoration Head-piece for the Canon of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Canon of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Head-piece and marginal decoration

Reddish-brown morocco binding over wooden boards (no lining); upper cover had two catches (the lower one is now missing) and lower cover had two leather straps that attached to the catches (both straps are now missing but their stubs remain, along with the four metal pins with imprinted stars that held them in place); upper and lower boards decorated with blind-tooled quatrefoil floral motif in the center and four additional floral motifs in the corners of a rectangular frame; spine is undecorated with four ribs

 Late 17th or 18th century CE Possibly Monastery of Surb Amenap'rkič in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran Produced in the late seventeenth or eighteenth century, possibly at the Monastery of Surb Amenap'rkič in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, by the scribe Awēt (or Awetis) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Thanks are expressed to Professor Bernard Coulie (Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) for kindly making available his bibliography on the Armenian manuscripts kept in the Walters Art Museum. De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 762, cat. no. 32. (In Armenian) Tēr-Awetisean, Smbat, and L. G. Minasean. Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the All-Saviour Monastery at New Julfa. 2 vols. Vienna: 1970, 1972; vol. 1, cat. nos. 152, 267, 269, 270, 277, 303, 306, 314, 337, 584; vol. 2, cat. no. 174. Der Nersessian, Sirarpie. Armenian Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1973; pp. 83-84, cat. no. XI, plates 242-243. Sanjian, Avedis K. A Catalogue of Medieval Armenian Manuscripts in the United States. University of California Publications, Near Eastern Studies 16. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1976; pp. 332-333, cat. no. 65. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Christian Codex Manuscript Walters Art Museum Hymnal Armenian Book Armenia 17th century Devotion Illumination Miniature Original binding Ornament Liturgy 18th century