Vienna, Wiener Mechitharisten-Congregation, MS 543

Poems on Christian Themes Facsimile Edition

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Poems on Christian Themes is an illuminated manuscript of verses by Saint Nersēs Shnorhali ("the gracious") on biblical subjects. It was written and illuminated in 1432 at the behest of one Šamšatin for his son by Khatchatur, a monk of the Armenian monastery of Saint Anthony near Kaffa on the Crimean Peninsula. The poems are embellished with eleven full-page miniatures, eleven smaller miniatures, and twenty-four marginal vignettes. The miniatures take their subjects from the life of Christ and the early history of the Church. The marginal scenes include episodes and figures from the Old Testament.

We have 2 facsimiles of the manuscript "Poems on Christian Themes":

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Manuscript book description compiled by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale.
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#1 Codex 543

Vienna: Wiener Mechitharisten-Congregation, 2011

  • Commentary (English, German)
  • Limited Edition: 280 copies
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Poems on Christian Themes: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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#2 Codex 543 (Deluxe Edition)

Vienna: Wiener Mechitharisten-Congregation, 2011

  • Commentary (English, German)
  • Limited Edition: 20 copies
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Poems on Christian Themes: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

The facsimile edition is printed on parchment with manually retraced ornaments, gilding with leafgold.

Binding

Hand bound in sheepskin on wooden boards, with blind embossing and two metal fasteners.

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