An Armenian Phylactery Manuscript scroll decorated with thirty nine polychrome vignettes including the sacrifice of Abraham with crisscross text in apple green, purple, red and yellow hues, signed Karapet. Son of Melk 'on 1788' (approximately 11m x 10cm) (metres).
Provenance: from a private Oxford vendor. Note: this scroll was exhibit 28 in the 2015 Bodleian Exhibition 'Armenia, Masterpieces from an Enduring Culture
An Armenian Phylactery Manuscript scroll decorated with thirty nine polychrome vignettes including the sacrifice of Abraham with crisscross text in apple green, purple, red and yellow hues, signed Karapet. Son of Melk 'on 1788' (approximately 11m x 10cm) (metres).
Provenance: from a private Oxford vendor. Note: this scroll was exhibit 28 in the 2015 Bodleian Exhibition 'Armenia, Masterpieces from an Enduring Culture
Auction: The Oxford Library Sale, 22nd Jun, 2023
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