Armenian Missal from Sebastia Region
The Library’s collection of Armenian manuscripts includes two missals (texts of the service of the liturgy), each copied in 1722 and each created for the use of the celebrant officiating at the altar. This manuscript of the missal from T‘akhtayghalēn is opened to the incipit (first) page and an image of the Crucifixion. The traditional decorative devices and palaeography (letter shapes) used in such manuscripts also adorn many of the early printed Armenian books.
The Library’s collection of Armenian manuscripts includes two missals (texts of the service of the liturgy), each copied in 1722 and each created for the use of the celebrant officiating at the altar. This manuscript of the missal from T‘akhtayghalēn is opened to the incipit (first) page and an image of the Crucifixion. The traditional decorative devices and palaeography (letter shapes) used in such manuscripts also adorn many of the early printed Armenian books.