University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Manuscript. Arm. ms.1 [Glajor Gospel]

Item Overview

Title

University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Manuscript. Arm. ms.1 [Glajor Gospel]

Date Created

1300-1310

Date

1300/1310

Place of Origin

Armenia

Collection

History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
Index of Medieval Medical Images

Notes

Summary

Written and illustrated during the first decade of the 14th century at the Glajor monastery, most likely in the Elegec valley of Armenia, the Glajor Gospel portrays major events of the New Testament. It is part of the last flowering of artistic culture in independent pre-modern Armenia. Selected illustrations depict medical conditions including epilepsy, skin disease, paralysis, and blindness. Manuscript is owned by the University of California, Los Angeles.

Keywords

Genre

manuscripts (document genre)

Resource type

still image