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Gospel Book

Illuminator Toros Taronatsi Armenian
 Monastery of Gladzor Armenian

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In this image of Christ Reading in the Synagogue, Christ stands at an Armenian-style book stand (grakal) and reads the Bible. The dove of the Holy Spirit descends toward him, exemplifying the precise moment when Christ finds the passage in Isaiah that reads, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me" (61:1). This manuscript was produced in two stages; it was begun at either the monastery of Yeghegis or Noravank‘ and then completed at Gladzor, between 1300 and 1307. Esayi Nch‘ets‘i, the head of the monastic school at Gladzor, was likely the recipient of this manuscript.

Gospel Book, Toros Taronatsi (Armenian, 1276–ca. 1346), Ink, pigments, and gold on parchment; 582 pages, Armenian

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Gospel Book, Toros Taronatsi (Armenian, 1276–ca. 1346), Ink, pigments, and gold on parchment; 582 pages, Armenian
Gospel Book, Toros Taronatsi (Armenian, 1276–ca. 1346), Ink, pigments, and gold on parchment; 582 pages, Armenian
Gospel Book, Toros Taronatsi (Armenian, 1276–ca. 1346), Ink, pigments, and gold on parchment; 582 pages, Armenian

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