Armenian Amulet Scrolls in the Collections of Paris
Ghazaryan, Davit · 2024
Surveys Armenian amulet scrolls (hmayil) preserved in cultural institutions and private collections in Paris. Ghazaryan works through the etymology of the term and its variants, identifies the principal Parisian holdings: including the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Basmadjian collection and Janine Altounian's collection, and reports on the physical condition of the scrolls. He sorts the amulets' miniatures (fifteenth to nineteenth centuries) into five iconographic groups, including unusual subjects such as Saint Cyprian, the Wise and Foolish Virgins, and the Evil Eagle.
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Ghazaryan, Davit 2024. Armenian Amulet Scrolls in the Collections of Paris. Matenadaran: Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies (MEMAS), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 143–169 (Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran / Brepols); eISSN 3041-5063.
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A whole genre of Armenian folk-religious manuscript most people have never heard of.
Matenadaran researcher cataloguing a neglected Armenian manuscript genre held abroad.
The protective scrolls our ancestors carried, now scattered in Paris collections.
The Armenian magic scrolls held in Paris.
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