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210 - ** Book of Edifying Sermons (Գիրք եւ ճառ հոգեշահ) Constantin…
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** Book of Edifying Sermons (Գիրք եւ ճառ հոգեշահ) Constantinople, impr. of Sarkis Dpir known as Under the Protection of the Holy Mother of God, 1722. In-8° (16.3 x 10.5 cm). 488 pages. Ornate title page, running headpieces, numerous decorated headbands and initials. Illustrated with 16 engravings from the printing works of Voskan Yerevantsi in Amsterdam, representing the main feasts of Christ (Adoration of the Magi, Baptism, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost, etc.), as well as a portrait of Saint Sahak the Parthian. Bound in period leather with clasps. The collection includes 18 sermons (irregular numbering), attributed to major patristic authors such as Ephrem the Syrian, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Epiphanius of Cyprus and Sahak Partev. Several of these texts are printed here for the first time in Armenian, giving the work particular importance both for the history of theology and for Armenian bibliography. This edition is one of the major testimonies to Armenian printing in Constantinople at the beginning of the 18th century. Produced in the workshop of Sarkis Dpir, which was active for nearly six decades, it illustrates the direct continuity with the Amsterdam typographical tradition initiated by Oskan of Yerevan. Richly illustrated and carefully executed, this edition is extremely rare and appears never to have been offered for sale on the international market. A complete copy, partially restored in the 20th century, with no loss of integrity. On p. 171 there is an 18th century seal: Servant of Christ, Hovhannes Vardapet, indicating an ecclesiastical provenance.
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About the sale ANA AND JAMES MELIKIAN COLLECTION - PART II
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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