tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8477084043514799190.post4596865370126297210..comments2024-03-29T10:42:27.288+00:00Comments on Medieval Manuscripts Provenance: Otto Ege's Armenian Lectionary Dated "1121"Peter Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798182942786604505noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8477084043514799190.post-71947819448950313462021-11-03T21:39:00.202+00:002021-11-03T21:39:00.202+00:00Peter, can you say more about the Harry Kurdian co...Peter, can you say more about the Harry Kurdian collection (Wichita, KS) which in 1976 seemed to have had a large number of leaves from HL 56? Could you please share the 1936 description? Ege included this manuscript in the October 1936 issue of Famous Bibles I, and I'd love to know whether he made a last-minute substitution when he bought it. He wanted a "12th-century" fragment, and the decoration was precisely the sort of thing his buyers sought. Incidentally, Ege was very careful to provide reliable dating, and he would have been mortified to know how wrong he was on this one. The Oriental Leaves portfolio was prepared by the "late Dean," so the 1930 date should just be dropped. It is clear as well that this Oriental Leaves compilation was intended as a companion to the Fifty Original Leaves set.<br />Scott GwaraScott Gwarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213799024450133138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8477084043514799190.post-32886791226317904642021-10-17T18:15:23.539+00:002021-10-17T18:15:23.539+00:00Hello Peter, Delighted to see that you bring atten...Hello Peter, Delighted to see that you bring attention to Ege MS 56 in Old Armenian. For a while I have been looking at some of its leaves. A first brief account appears in Figure 5 and its caption in our 2020 Spring Symposium Booklet, which you could find here:<br />https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2020-spring-symposium-save-the-date/ . I'll write more to you. Keep up the good work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917386546272494888noreply@blogger.com