The Armenians: Art, Culture and ReligionChester Beatty Library, 2007 - 95 pages This volume takes as its starting point the internationally important collection of Armenian illuminated manuscripts in the collection of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. The authors have selected over 20 of the rarest and most beautiful manuscripts to tell the history of the Armenian people, their art and literature. |
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 8 |
Armenian Christianity | 24 |
Language and Writing | 37 |
Copyright | |
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