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Title

  • Meknutʻiwn Aghōtʻitsʻ ew Nerboghinatsʻ Srboyn Grigori Narekatsʻwoy hreshtakakan vardapeti

Summary

  • Saint Gregory of Narek (also called Grigor Narekatsi) was born in the city of Narek (in present-day Turkey) in 951. He became a priest at the age of 25 and lived almost all of his life in the monastery of Narek where he taught at the monastic school. His writings include a Commentary on the Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon or the Canticles), and his Book of Lamentations, also known as the Book of Prayers. The latter is a long mystical prayer, consisting of 95 poems in beautiful classical Armenian, which Gregory called an "encyclopedia of prayer for all nations." Gregory's works were preserved and circulated in a rich manuscript tradition, and gave rise to numerous commentaries and scholarly studies. In the early days of printing in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), Hakob, Archbishop and Patriarch of Constantinople (1702-64), published a commentary on Gregory's classic work. The work opens with a headpiece and marginal illustrations executed in Armenian manuscript-tradition style. The portrait of the saint kneeling in adoration of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus, with scenes from Gregory's life below, appears on page 28 of this presentation and facing the highly decorated first page of the commentary. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Hakōb, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, 1702-1764

Created / Published

  • Kostandnu Pōlis kʻaghakʻi : I Norakazm Tparani, 1745.

Headings

  • -  Grigor Narekatsʻi,--Saint, 951-1003.--Matean Chaṛitsʻ
  • -  Grigor Narekatsʻi,--Saint, 951-1003.--Matean oghbergutʻean
  • -  Prayers
  • -  Sermons, Armenian

Notes

  • -  Copy 2: Original cover (front and back): leather stretched on wood. Both sides stamped.
  • -  Near East Cage (copy 2).
  • -  Woodcuts: ill. and initials.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 2 v. in 1 (1136 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BV249.A75 G734 (Orien Armen)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 77971104

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hakōb, Armenian Patriarch Of Constantinople. Meknutʻiwn Aghōtʻitsʻ ew Nerboghinatsʻ Srboyn Grigori Narekatsʻwoy hreshtakakan vardapeti. Kostandnu Pōlis kʻaghakʻi: I Norakazm Tparani, 1745. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/77971104/.

APA citation style:

Hakōb, A. P. O. C. (1745) Meknutʻiwn Aghōtʻitsʻ ew Nerboghinatsʻ Srboyn Grigori Narekatsʻwoy hreshtakakan vardapeti. Kostandnu Pōlis kʻaghakʻi: I Norakazm Tparani. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/77971104/.

MLA citation style:

Hakōb, Armenian Patriarch Of Constantinople. Meknutʻiwn Aghōtʻitsʻ ew Nerboghinatsʻ Srboyn Grigori Narekatsʻwoy hreshtakakan vardapeti. Kostandnu Pōlis kʻaghakʻi: I Norakazm Tparani, 1745. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/77971104/>.