The Armenian Gospels of Gladzor: The Life of Christ Illuminated

by Thomas F. Mathews and Alice Taylor

Book Overview

This masterpiece of Armenian illumination was created in the fourteenth century by monks at the theological school of Gladzor, who copied its text and painted its elaborate cycle of miniatures. Owned at various times by merchants and princes, the Gladzor Gospels is now in the special collections library at the University of California at Los Angeles. This beautiful, informative volume features color reproductions of most of the manuscript's intricate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892366273
• ISBN13: 9780892366279
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent publication

Excellent publication. Fantastic reproductions. Tells a lot about Armenian art and history. In my opinion GOSPEL OF GLADZOR belongs to MATENADARAN together with all other Armenian valuable books. This will let so many Armenian as well as internationally renown scholars to see and study it. Many times , during my visits to Armenia (since 1990) I have studied old manuscripts also khatchcars around many monasteries. I used to own a few pages of 13-th century manuscript, which I dnated to MATENADARAN.

Stunning Gospel Art

This art book shows brilliant medieval Gospel manuscript illuminations by renown Armenian painters. The quality of the art is world class and the quality of the reproductions is excellent.