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Gospels of Toros Roslin — public domain / Wikimedia Commons

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Иллюминирование (Тезхип) · Catalogue no. 1370
Toros Roslin

Gospels of Toros Roslin

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1262. Armenian Gospel book with canon tables and narrative cycles.Historical contextThis work belongs to the history of Illumination (Tezhip), a tradition traced on Matchless Pieces from its origins to the present.

Artist / MakerToros Roslin
About the Artist

c.1210–1270, Cilician ArmeniaMaster of Armenian illumination at Hromkla; his Gospels (1262, Walters & Matenadaran) unite Byzantine dignity with vivid narrative and colour. Full biography →

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