Manuscript No. 84: Collection of Poems
Item Overview
- Title
- Manuscript No. 84: Collection of Poems
- Language
- Armenian
- Collection
- Armenian Manuscripts
Notes
- Description
- Paper; 74 folios, plus unnumbered folios with text in front; 27x21 cm. (written surface area: 23x17 cm.). Text in modern šełagir, written in one column of 26 lines. Notebook composed of sheets of "David Bros. & Co." loose-leaf paper bound together.Contents: The codex is a "Collection of Poems," composed mostly by G. M. George in Armenian, Persian, and English. Many of these poems deal with the theme of love and are addressed to his wife, Aruseak; some are vulgar and even obscene. Additionally, there are lyrics composed by Persian-Armenian minstrels, Łul Yovhannēs and Amir Ōłli, whose poems are reproduced in this codex from other, unnamed sources.
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- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- Armenian MS 84
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002gxcdh
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Rights contact
- UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4934