Manuscript No. 8

Item Overview

Title

Manuscript No. 8

Alternative title

Miscellany, A. D. 1690-1700

Author

Hōhannis, Kostandinupōlsetsʻi

Date Created

1690-1700

Language

Armenian

Collection

Armenian Manuscripts

Notes

Summary

Book of Virtues by Fra Pita, pages 1-145.The 40 chapters of this book deal with the following themes: divine love, love of parents, natural love, sensual love, female love, love of friendship, wickedness and jealousy, rejoicing, sadness, peace, anger, charity, obduracy, liberality, greed, counsel, hypocrisy, prudence, foolishness, justice, injustice, fidelity, deceit, truth, falsehood, valor, timidity, magnanimity, vanity, perseverance, fickleness, temperance, intemperance, humility, pride, patience, gluttony, sagacity, licentiousness, and modesty. (Sanjian, p. 88-9.)Wisdom of the Philosophers, translated by the vardapet Yovhannēs of Constantinople, pages 145-170. This work is a compendium of philosophical ideas attributed to Philo, Pythagoras, Cleopolus, Archita, Socrates, Aristophanes, Euripides, Theophrastus, and others. (Sanjian, p. 89.)The Mirror of Conduct, pages 171-536. The 71 chapters in this book deal with the following subjects: greed, innocence, forgiveness, contemplation, repentance, superiors, hatred, the kingdom of heaven, slander, goodwill, pious life, knowledge, theft, God's judgment, judges, remission of sins, treachery, oats, repentance, wisdom, weeping, silence, heeding the word of life, amusement, power of the cross, humility, confession, speech, smiling, stubbornness, women, virgins, communion, sickness, hospitality, the spirit, pride, angels, philanthropy, homicide, the holy Virgin Mary, the rich man, success, jealousy, intemperance and gluttony, almsgiving, charity and philanthropy, peace be unto you, Mary, sanctuaries, the Passion of Christ, the Divine Liturgy, the image of Theotokos, honor, fornication, deception by Satan, Divine love, love of friend, customs, usury, profligacy, faint-heartedness, contemplation, ministry, and the name of Christ. (Sanjian, p. 89.)
A miscellany comprising three texts: (1) "Book of Virtues" by Fra Pita; (2) "The Wisdom of the Philosophers," translated by the vardapet Yovhanes Kostandnupolsec'i; and (3) "the Mirror of Conduct." (Sanjian, p. 88.)

Description

See Sanjian, Avedis K. Medieval Armenian Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.

Provenance

The codex was written in Isfahan by the scribe/priest Yarut'iwn between 1690 and 1700. There is no indication as to who commissioned the book; the scribe may have written it for his own use. (Sanjian, p. 88.)

Physical Description

Extent

1 volume (536 pages)

Dimensions

15 x 10 cm (written surface area 11 x 7.5 cm)

Condition note

Lacunae between pages 164-165, 191-192, and 204-205. Two chapters in the book have been misnumbered: chapter 35 (page 320) should be 31, and chapter 56 (page 441) should be 55. (Sanjian, p. 88.)

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Resource type

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