Skevra Evangeliary

Skevra Evangeliary
National Library of Poland
Also known as	Lemberg Gospel
Type	codex, evangeliary
Date	late 12th century
Language(s)	Armenian
Size	29x22 cm, 429 lvs
Accession	Rps 8101 III[1]

Skevra Evangeliary is an illuminated Armenian evangeliary from 12th century.[2]

It is one of the world's most valuable Armenian manuscripts, dating from the late 12th century.[2] The manuscript came to Poland in the 15th century and from the late 16th century to the Second World War it was kept in the Armenian Cathedral in Lviv.[2] In 2006 the head of the Armenian Catholic Church in Poland, who is the Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw, placed the Evangeliary on deposit in the National Library of Poland.[2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth.[3][2]

The manuscript is an outstanding example of the illuminator's art from Lesser Armenia, or the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.[2] It is decorated with full-page miniatures depicting Evangelists and figurative, floral and zoomorphic initials[1] The manuscript contains 429 leaves, measuring 29 x 22 cm.[1]

References

1. ."Skevra Evangeliary". Polona (in Polish). National Library of Poland. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
2. Makowski & Sapała 2024, p. 77.
3. "Palace of the Commonwealth open to visitors". National Library of Poland. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-06-11.

Bibliography

• Makowski, Tomasz; Sapała, Patryk, eds. (2024). The Palace of the Commonwealth. Three times opened. Treasures from the National Library of Poland at the Palace of the Commonwealth. Warsaw: National Library of Poland.

External links

• Skevra Evangeliary at the Polona digital library