Seventeenth-century Armenian style binding covering a manuscript of the Four GospelsEdessa, Mesopotamia, 1161

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Item Data

Date: 1697
Item Source: Mich. Ms. 141
Description: Front cover, of seventeenth-century Armenian style binding consisting of blind-tooled leather in a diaper pattern of diamonds, lozenges, and flowers over wooden boards. The front cover is covered with metal studs in the shape of a cross with an arc above and surrounded by a frame
Format: Blind-tooled calf skin, 190 x 130 mm.