Ritratti di mercanti armeni nelle miniature dei Vangeli medievali (secoli IX-XIV) (Portraits of Armenian Merchants in the Miniatures of Medieval Gospels, 9th-14th Centuries)
Zanone, Rachele · 2023
Presents research from the ERC project 'Armenia Entangled: Connectivity and Cultural Encounters in Medieval Eurasia' at the University of Florence. Zanone's topic is the depiction of Armenian merchants in the miniatures of medieval manuscripts, placed in a broader Eurasian context. A central strand is the analysis of the clothing worn by these merchants, studied iconographically and compared with Byzantine and Arab illuminations treating the same subject. The article sketches the ongoing research by presenting a set of Gospel manuscripts containing merchant portraits.
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Zanone, Rachele 2023. Ritratti di mercanti armeni nelle miniature dei Vangeli medievali (secoli IX-XIV) (Portraits of Armenian Merchants in the Miniatures of Medieval Gospels, 9th-14th Centuries). Armeniaca. International Journal of Armenian Studies, Vol. 2 (2023), pp. 161–190; DOI 10.30687/arm/2974-6051/2023/01/008 (Edizioni Ca' Foscari, Venice). https://doi.org/10.30687/arm/2974-6051/2023/01/008
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Armenian merchants painted themselves into their own Gospel books. Here is what they wore.
Art-historical research from a major ERC Armenian-studies project.
Our traders had themselves painted into scripture: a self-portrait of a merchant nation.
How medieval Armenian merchants had themselves painted into Gospel manuscripts.
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