  17th century Armenian Gospel Book auctioned at Sotheby’s  December 12, 2011 - 18:05 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - 17th century Armenian Gospel Book was recently auctioned at Sotheby’s. The starting price for the 1671’s manuscript was 4.000-6.000 pound, with the book sold for 13.750 pound. The 271-page 250x175mm illuminated manuscript is written in black ink in a fine bolorgir script, capitals and rubrics in red. The book contains numerous small initials or small miniatures in margins in shape of colored foliage on gold grounds, ornamental colored cartouches, brightly colored birds or people. No information as to the author of the manuscript or city of origin was provided at auction website.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
