Finding aid for the Collection of Armenian Manuscripts, ca. 1300-1899 LSC.2089

Finding aid prepared by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé

UCLA Library Special Collections

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

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 on this page.

Language of Material: Materials are in English and Armenian.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Existence and Location of Copies note for the link to the digitized materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of Armenian Manuscripts (Collection 2089). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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General note

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942327033606533

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

Digitized materials are available electronically at https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/d2xg9000zz-89112.

Related Material

Minasian Collection of Armenian Material (Collection 1632) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.

Minasian Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts (Collection 1147) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.

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