On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Gospel Book
Not on view
This manuscript, open to the evangelist portrait of Matthew, is typical of works produced for the elite Armenians of New Julfa, who sought luxury objects that recalled their past. This Cilician-inspired image is similar to ones produced in Constantinople and reflects the close connections between the Armenian elites of Constantinople and New Julfa. Cilician-revival illuminations were incredibly popular, becoming the Armenian international style of the later seventeenth century.
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