Treasures in Heaven: Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts
New York / Princeton, N.J. Pierpont Morgan Library / Princeton University Press, 1994. Softcover. Pictorial glossy wraps; xv, 229 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 31 cm. VG/G+, covers have some wear, corners bumped. Pages have slightly toned on edges. Item #187471
ISBN: 9780691037516
Contents: Director's foreword /; Charles E. Pierce, Jr. --; Preface /; Thomas F. Mathews --; The history of Armenia /; Nina G. Garsoïan --; The religion of Armenia /; Father Krikor H. Maksoudian --; The art of the Armenian manuscript /; Thomas F. Mathews --; The classic phase of Bagratid and Artsruni illumination : the tenth and eleventh centuries /; Thomas F. Mathews --; Cilician manuscript illumination : the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries /; Helen C. Evans --; Armenian illumination under Georgian, Turkish, and Mongol rule : the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries /; Alice Taylor --; The final centuries : Armenian manuscripts of the diaspora /; Helen C. Evans and Sylvie L. Merian --; The making of an Armenian manuscript : pigment analysis of Armenian, Byzantine, Iranian, Indian, and Persian manuscripts /; Sylvie L. Merian, Thomas F. Matthews, and Mary Virginia Orna, O.S.U. --; Catalogue of manuscripts /; Thomas F. Mathews, Alice Taylor, Helen C. Evans, and Sylvie L. Merian.
Catalog of an exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library, May 4-Aug. 7, 1994; and the Walters Art Gallery, Aug. 28-Oct 23, 1994./ Includes bibliographical references (page 216) and index.
OCLC: 29356917
Price: $50.00