Carved ivory binding, front cover in five sections of Echmiadzin Gospel, Virgin and Child with scenes from her life, 6th century

The Echmiadzin Gospels (Yerevan, Matenadaran, MS2374) is a 10th century Armenian Gospel Book produced in 989 at the Monastery of Bgheno-Noravank in Syunik. Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan Armenia, is one of the richest depositories of Manuscripts and Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani The Gospel Book, or Book of the Gospels ( Greek:, Evangélion) is a Codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels Events By Topic Education Sankore University is founded in Timbuktu. Not to be confused with Noravank Monastery Bgheno-Noravank Monastery is a complex much further south in Syunik Marz, Armenia, which now consists of a small Syunik may refer to Syunik Province Syunik (village Syunik (historic region It is the most well known manuscript in the collection of Matenadaran. The manuscript has 232 extant leaves which measure approximately 32 by 25. 5 cm. The book was made under the patronage of bishop Stepanos and written by the scribe Hovhanes. The binding of the book is made of two carved ivory plaques, probably of Byzantine manufacture of the 6th century. Ivory is formed from Dentine and constitutes the bulk of the Teeth and Tusks of animals such as the Elephant, Hippopotamus, Bound into the book are two leaves (fols. 228-229) with miniatures dating to the late 6th—early 7th century (so-called 'Final Four Miniatures').

The art historian Carl Nordenfalk considered the Eusebian canon tables of the Echmiadzin Gospels (fols. Eusebian canons or Eusebian sections, also known as Ammonian Sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle 1-5, including the Eusebian letter) to be the best representative of the original table design (column arrangement, pattern of frame, ornament, etc. ) developed in Caesarea Palaestina at the time of Eusebius (1st half of the 4th century). Caesarea Maritima (Greek παράλιος Καισάρεια called Caesarea Palaestina from 133 CE onwards was a city and Harbor built by Herod the Great Taking into account the Caesarean type of the Armenian text of the Gospels, Nordenfalk concluded that the Echmiadzin Gospels were copied from a Caesarean codex equipped with the Eusebian canon tables. Caesarean text-type is the term proposed by certain scholars to denote a consistent pattern of variant readings that is claimed to be apparent in certain Greek manuscripts

References

• Nordenfalk, C. Die spätaniken Kanontafeln. Gothenburg, 1938.

External links

• Index of Armenian Art: Manuscripts:Matenadaran, Ms. 2374, Etchmiadzin Gospels, the 'Final Four Miniatures' (short description, page images)

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