  Armenian Gospel Book sold for $13 000 at Sotheby’s December 12, 2012 - 21:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Gospel Book on vellum has recently sold for $13 086 at Sotheby’s. The manuscript dating back to 1656-1658 perhaps belonged to Julfa school of miniature painting, according to the auction website. The 265-page illuminated manuscript is written in black ink in bolorgir script, rubrics in red, one-line initials in blue or liquid gold, larger initials in floral designs in liquid gold, pink and green. The book contains Eusebian canon-tables between trees and architectural columns supporting colored headbands flanked by portraits of the evangelists in pink brushwork, four full-page miniatures, each with a full-page miniature in purple penwork, areas of drapery and furniture infilled with color.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
