Gospel Book with Portraits of Esayi Nchetsi and Nerses Mshetsi
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Gospel Book with Portraits of Esayi Nchetsi and Nerses Mshetsi
- Illuminator: Toros Taronatsi (Armenian, 1276–ca. 1346)
- Patron: Esayi Ntchetsi (Armenian, 1260/65–1338)
- Scriptorium: Monastery of Gladzor
- Date: 1323
- Geography: Made in Gladzor
- Culture: Armenian
- Medium: Ink, pigments, and gold on parchment; 286 folios
- Dimensions: 9 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25 × 19 cm)
Weight: 4.2 lb. (1910g) - Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations
- Credit Line: “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots‘ Institute-Museum of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia (ms 6289)
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters