Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France Armenien 307

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Armenian1

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Siglum / Shelfmark

Armenian 307

Page / Folio range

115a-225b

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Պատմություն Եօթն իմաստասիրացն (The History of the Seven Sages)

Version (siglum)

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Language Group within Version

Armenian Version H

Languages

Language of text

Armenian

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10086170g

Authorship & Production

Date of Production

1650

Source of Date of Production

Kévorkian and Ter-Stépanian (1998)

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Total pages / folios

227

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

For detailed contents information, including original titles in Armenian, see Kévorkian and Ter-Stépanian (1998), p. 890. Roughly translated, the contents include:

7v-18v: Exhortation of the Spirit, from John Garnets (?)

18v-30: Epistle of St James

39-43: Prayer of John the Baptist

43v-76: The story of King Zarmanazan of Assyria

76-91: Hikara's advise to his nephew

91v-103: The dream of the prophet Daniel

103-115: Another text on divine dreams

115-225: The history of the Seven Sages

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc108500n?collect

Modern Research Literature

Macler (1908), Kévorkian and Ter-Stépanian (1998), Akinean (1921), Macler (1919)

Research Material

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