Finding aid for the Collection of Armenian Manuscripts, ca. 1300-1899 LSC.2089
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Title: Collection of Armenian Manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2089
Physical Description:
91 items
Date (inclusive): ca. 1300-1899
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English and Armenian.
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General note
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Armenian manuscripts from the 14th to 19th centuries, mostly from the Minasian Collection. Many are
in contemporary bindings.
Existence and Location of Copies
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Armenia -- Civilization -- Archives.
Armenia -- History -- Archives.
Collection of Armenian Manuscripts, v.p. (Armenia),
14th-19th centuries
General Physical Description note: (15 boxes, 88 items)
Scope and Contents note
Most of the manuscripts are from the Minasian Collection. Many are in contemporary bindings.
Preliminary checklist of the manuscripts by Professor Avedis K. Sanjian:
170/466 - Four Gospels, (p.00) MS 1.
A.D. 1300-1307
Four Gospels, (p.00): A.D. 1300-1307
Four Gospels MS 2.
A.D. 1327
Four Gospels: A.D. 1327
Four Gospels MS 3.
probably 17th Century
General note
[shelved in vault]
Four Gospels MS 4.
A.D. 1643
Grigor Tat'ewac'i's Book of Questions MS 5.
A.D. 1637
Grigor Tat'ewac'i's Book of Questions: A.D. 1637
Commentaries on the Four Gospels MS 6.
A.D. 1648
Commentaries on the Four Gospels: A.D. 1648
Commentaries on the Song of Songs MS 7.
after A.D. 1650
Commentaries on the Song of Songs: after A.D. 1650
Miscellany MS 8.
A.D. 1690-1700
Miscellany: A.D. 1690-1700
Giardino Spirituale MS 9.
A.D. 1693
Giardino Spirituale: A.D. 1693
Book of Sermons MS 10.
17th/18th Century
Book of Sermons: 17th/18th Century
Brief Treatise on the Seven Sacraments of the Holy Church by the Vardapet Georg K'oc'ec'i/julayec'i, MS 11.
A.D. 1737
Miscellany MS 12.
A.D. 1742
Miscellany: A.D. 1742
Nerses lambroniac'i's Commentary on the Divine Liturgy MS 13.
A.D. 1811
The Shield of Faith by Mik'ayel C'amc'ian MS 14.
A.D. 1823
The Shield of Faith by Mik'ayel C'amc'ian: A.D. 1823
John Chrysostom's Commentary on the Book of Isaiah MS 15.
A.D. 1847
Menologium MS 16.
17th Century
Menologium and Sermonary MS 17.
18th Century
Menologium and Sermonary: 18th Century
Menologium MS 18.
17th Century
Menologium and Sermonary MS 19.
18th Century
Menologium and Sermonary: 18th Century
Ritual Book MS 20.
15th/16th Century
Ritual Book: 15th/16th Century
Ritual Book MS 21.
A.D. 1513
Ritual Book: A.D. 1513
Ritual Books MS 22.
A.D. 1580 and 1667
Ritual Books: A.D. 1580 and 1667
Fragments from Three Ritual Books MS 23.
16th/17th Century
Fragments from Three Ritual Books: 16th/17th Century
Ritual Book MS 24.
A.D. 1693
Ritual Book: A.D. 1693
Ritual Book MS 25.
17th/18th Century
Ritual Book: 17th/18th Century
Ritual Book MS 26.
17th/18th Century
Ritual Book: 17th/18th Century
Ritual Book MS 27.
A.D. 1807
Ritual Book: A.D. 1807
Ritual Book MS 28.
A.D. 1814
Ritual Book: A.D. 1814
Ritual Book and Other Texts MS 29.
A.D. 1817
Ritual Book and Other Texts: A.D. 1817
Ritual Book MS 30.
A.D. 1825
Ritual Book: A.D. 1825
Ritual Book MS 31.
A.D. 1830
Ritual Book: A.D. 1830
Calendar of Feasts MS 32.
14th/15th Century
Calendar of Feasts: 14th/15th Century
Liturgical Texts MS 33.
A.D. 1460-61
Liturgical Texts: A.D. 1460-61
Hymnal (Fragments) MS 34.
16th Century
Hymnal (Fragments): 16th Century
Psalter MS 35.
15th/16th Century
Psalter: 15th/16th Century
Liturgical Texts (Fragments) MS 36.
15th/16th Century
Liturgical Texts (Fragments): 15th/16th Century
Fragments from a Psalter MS 37.
16th Century
Hymnal MS 38.
16th/17th Century
Psalter MS 39.
15th/16th Century
Psalter: 15th/16th Century
Hymnal and Calendar of Feasts MS 40.
!.D. 1650
Breviary MS 41.
A.D. 1678
Breviary: A.D. 1678
Liturgical Texts MS 42.
A.D. 1650
Liturgical Texts: A.D. 1650
Psalter MS 43.
Early 17th Century
Psalter: Early 17th Century
Hymnal MS 44.
17th Century
Calendar of Feasts MS 45.
17th Century
Calendar of Feasts: 17th Century
Breviary MS 46.
16th/17th Century
Prayer Book MS 47.
A.D. 1711
Grigor Tat'ewac'i's Book of Sermons: Volume I, Jmeran MS 48.
A.D. 1754-68
Grigor Tat'ewac'i's Book of Sermons: Volume I, Jmeran: A.D. 1754-68
Grigor Tat'ewac'i's Book of Sermons: Volume II, Amaran MS 49.
A.D. 1630
Grigor Tat'ewac'i's Book of Sermons: Volume II, Amaran: A.D. 1630
Book of Sermons MS 50.
17th Century
Sermons and Other Texts MS 51.
17th Century
Book of Sermons MS 52.
A.D. 1710
Theological and Other Texts MS 53.
A.D. 1699-1706
Miscellany MS 54.
A.D. 1563
Miscellany MS 55.
A.D. 1656
Miscellany MS 56.
A.D. 1662
Miscellany MS 57.
17th Century
Miscellany of Theological Works MS 58.
A.D. 1725
Miscellany MS 59.
18th Century
Miscellany MS 60.
A.D. 1836
Nerses Šnorhali's Works MS 61.
16th/17th Century
Collection of Canticles MS 62.
17th Century
Book of Odes MS 63.
A.D. 1798
Minstrel Yart'un Olli's Daftar MS 64.
Before A.D. 1840
Anthology of Poetry MS 65.
After A.D. 1522
Pharmacopoeia MS 66.
16th/17th Century
Amirdovlat' Amasiac'i's "Useless to the Ignorant" and Other Works MS 67.
16th/17th Century
Amirdovlat' Amasiac'i's "Useless to the Ignorant" MS 68.
17th Century
Calendrical and Other Texts (Fragments) MS 69.
18th Century
Pharmacopoeia MS 70.
18th Century
European Pharmacopoeia MS 71.
Early 17th Century
Armenian Canon-Book MS 72.
A.D. 1618
Geomancy and Other Texts MS 73.
A.D. 1625
A Brief Lexicon of the Books of the Bible and Other Texts MS 74.
A.D. 1696
Simeon julayec'i's Summa of Logic MS 75.
17th/18th Century
Simeon julayec'i's Summa of Logic: 17th/18th Century
Mxit'ar Sebastac'i's Concise Book of Rhetoric MS 76.
A.D. 1758
Mxit'ar Sebastac'i's Concise Book of Rhetoric: A.D. 1758
Readings from the Book of Daniel MS 77.
18th Century
Interpretation of Dreams and Treatise on Planets, MS 78.
A.D. 1769-80
Catholicos Aristakes II's Encyclical Letter, MS 79.
A.D. 1475
Brief Canticles, MS 80.
19th Century
Anthology of Popular Songs MS 81.
A.D. 1906 or Earlier
Fragments of a Menologium MS 82.
17th Century
Menologium (Fragments) MS 83.
A.D. 1882
Collection of Poems MS 84.
1896-1927
Menologium (Fragments) MS 85.
A.D. 1882
Menologium (Fragments): A.D. 1882
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Fragments) MS 86.
19th Century
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Fragments): 19th Century
Readings from the Book of Daniel MS 87.
19th Century
Fragments from Gospels MS 88.
14th/15th Century
Menologium (Fragments) MS 89.
17th Century
Encyclical Letter by Catholicos Abraham Kretac'i, MS 90.
A.D. 1736
Encyclical Letter by Catholicos Abraham Kretac'i,: A.D. 1736
The Story of the Seven Sages (in Armeno-Turkish) MS 91.
18th Century
General note
[shelved in vault]
170/766 - Gospel of the Myrruhbearer
170/766 - Gospel of the Myrruhbearer