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Ecclesiastical Fabric (001.00.00)

Ecclesiastical Fabric
Fragment of embroidered ecclesiastical fabric, ca. 1741. Silk, metallic thread, and glass beads. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)

The Gospel of Mark, 1321 (002.00.00)

The Gospel of Mark, 1321
Աւետարան (Gospel Book). Manuscript copied by Nerses the Abbot, Jerusalem, 1321. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)

Աւետարան (Gospel Book). Manuscript copied by Nerses the Abbot, Jerusalem, 1321. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (002.00.01)

The Verin Noravank‘ Gospels (003.00.00)

The Verin Noravank Gospels
Աւետարան (Gospel Book). Manuscript copied in the Monastery of Verin Noravank, Armenia,1487. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00)

The Evangelist John from Աւետարան (Gospel Book). Manuscript copied in the Monastery of Verin Noravank‘, Armenia,1487. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (003.00.01)

The Oskan Bible (004.00.00)

The Oskan Bible
Book of Exodus, Աստուածաշունչ (Bible), edited by Oskan Erewants‘i (Oskan of Erevan), Amsterdam: Tparan St. Ejmiatsin and St. Sargis the General, 1666. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)

Psalms of David in the Armenian Tradition (005.00.00)

Psalms of David in the Armenian Tradition
Book of Psalms, Manuscript probably copied in the seventeenth century. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (005.00.00)

Printed Book of Psalms (006.00.00)

Printed Book of Psalms
Պարզաբանւթիւն Սաղմոսաց Դաւթի Մարգարէին (Commentary on the Psalms of the Prophet David) by Hōhannis Kostandinupōlsets‘I (John of Constantinople). Venice: Gulnazari Ordi, 1687. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)

Isola San Lazzaro (007.00.00)

Isola San Lazzaro
Joseph Pennell. “The Armenian Convent,” ca. 1905. Russian chalk drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00)

Armenian Bible (008.00.00)

Armenian Bible
Գիրք առակաց (Book of Proverbs) from Աստուածաշունչ (Bible), published by Mkhit‘ar Sebastats‘i. Venice: Tparan Anton Bortoli, 1733. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (008.00.00)

Mkhitar of Sebastia’s Dictionary (009.00.00)

Mkhitar of Sebastia’s Dictionary
Mkhit‘ar’ of Sebastia. “Universal Geography” from Բառգիրք Հայկազեան Լեզուի (Dictionary of the Armenian Language), Venice: Anton Bortoli, 1749. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)

Armenian Missal (010.00.00)

Armenian Missal from Sebastia Region
Missal from T‘akhtayghalēn in the region of Sebastia (now Sivas, Turkey). Manuscript copied in 1722. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00)

Armenian Missal Published in Venice (011.00.00)

Armenian Missal Published in Venice
Խորհրդատետր սրբոյ Պատարագին ըստ արարողութեան Հայաստանեայց եկեղեցւոյ համեմատ օրինակին տպելոյ ի Հռովմ 1677 (The Divine Liturgy [Missal] in accordance with the service of the Armenian Church following the example published in Rome in 1677). Venice: San Lazzaro, 1823. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)

Music of the Armenian Liturgy (012.00.00)

Music of the Armenian Liturgy
Canto Liturgico della Chiesa Armena (Liturgical Chant of the Armenian Church), 1887. Manuscript copied by Pietro Bianchini. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00)

Armenian Hymnal (013.00.00)

Armenian Hymnal
Շարակնոց երաժշտական երգեցմունք (Collection of Musical Hymns). Amsterdam: Tparan S. Astuatsatsin, 1712. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)

Music of the Liturgy (014.00.00)

Music of the Liturgy
Komitas. New York: Diocesan Records and the Komitas Centennial Committee, 1970. Compact disc reissue, n.d. Music Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00)

Used with permission of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern).

Liturgical Hymns (078.00.00)

Liturgical Hymns
Շարակնոց (Hymnal). Manuscript copied in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress. Gift of Seta Northrup, Aram Mardirosian, and Sona Olson (078.00.00)

Book of Hours (015.00.00)

Book of Hours
Ժամագիրք Հայոց (Armenian Book of Hours). Constantinople: Tparan Hovhannēs Astuatsatrian, 1768. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00)

Armenian Dictionary (016.00.00)

Armenian Dictionary
Hakob Vardapet. “Introductio ad Linguam Armeniam: De Alphabeto Armeniorum” (Introduction to the Armenian Language: About the Alphabet of the Armenians), from the Dictionarium Novum Latino-Armenium (New Armeno-Latin Dictionary). Rome: Sac[ra] Congreg[atio] de Propaganda Fide, 1714. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00)

Prayer Scroll (017.00.00)

Prayer Scroll
Հմայիլ (phylactery). Constantinople, ca. 1725. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)

Christianization of Armenia (018.00.00)

Christianization of Armenia
Grigor Lusavorich‘ (St. Gregory the Illuminator) in Zenob Glak. Պատմութիւն Տարօնոյ (The History of Taron). Constantinople: Grigor Marswanets‘i, 1719. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (018.00.00)

Calligraphy Sheet (019.00.00)

Calligraphy Sheet
Illumination from an illustrated Յայսմաւուրք (Synaxary), seventeenth century. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)

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