MS. Arm. f. 18
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Moral Treatises, and Sermons, about 15th cent.
1. f. 6
Title: On Faith, in eight chapters
Incipit: Արդ ով սիրելիք, պիտոյ են մեզ հաւատք ճշմարիտ յամենայն բարի գործս …
Language(s): Armenian
Part of the 'Book of Virtues', a collection of sermons on different subjects. Resembles the work of Peter of Aragon, but is much shorter.
2. f. 264(b)
Title: On Speculative Philosophy
Incipit: Հարցանելի է և զայս թէ միտքս մեր ո՞րպէս վերանայ առ ճշմարտութիւն … Այսմ պատասխանեն վարդապետք. և դնեն դ՟ պատճառ …
Language(s): Armenian
3. f. 291(b)
Language(s): Armenian
Includes the following titles: On the Nativity of Our Lord (I John 1); On the Adoration of Magi; Explanation of the 'Gloria in excelsis'; On Death; On Joel 2.1; Three homilies on Repentance (Matt. 3.2); On Confession (Jas. 5.16); etc.
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Dimensions (leaf): 6.25" × 4.25" × 2" in.
Layout
Hand(s)
Written in Bolorgir script
History
Origin: 15th cent.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Baronian, Sukias, Rev.; Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis); Catalogue of the Armenian manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; Oxford, at the Clarendon Press 1918
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