Vienna Mekhitarist Monastery Library 140

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Armenian3

Location

Vienna, Mekhitarist Monastery Library

Siglum / Shelfmark

140

Page / Folio range

42b-114b

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

Source for textual relationship

Akinean (1921)

Languages

Language of text

Armenian

Authorship & Production

Date of Production

1616

Source of Date of Production

Tašean (1895)

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Total pages / folios

168

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

In his catalogue of the contents of the Mekhitarist Congregation Library, Tašean (1895) outlines the contexts of this manuscript; a rough translation of the summary of the contents includes:

1-12: Discourses on the birth of Christ

12-24: The Passion of St James

24-25: Religious dialogues: questions and answers

26-42: Works of Mashtots

42-144: History of the Seven Sages

115-168: Order of ordination of deacons and priests

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Tašean (1895)

Modern Research Literature

Akinean (1921)

Research Material

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