22nd Jun, 2023 11:00

The Oxford Library Sale

 
Lot 624
 

624

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

Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

 

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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