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In this 1712 published copy of a Sharaknots‘ (hymnal), the khaz (musical notations) appear clearly along with an engraving of the Armenian saint Hŗipsimē, whose death at the hands of King Tiridates III by tradition began the events that led to the Christianization of the land. The image of Saint Hŗipsimē is the only new engraving; the other images are from an earlier Sharaknots‘ that was published by Oskan Erevants‘i (Oskan of Yerevan) in Amsterdam.