Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 478: Armenian Psalter
Alternate Title:
Armenian Psalter
Language:
Armenian and Latin
Extent:
ff. 2 + 251 + 2
Dimensions:
138 Height (mm) and 98 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1200 - 1299]
Table of contents:
Armenian Psalter
Description:
The Armenian psalter, probably dating from the thirteenth century, contained in CCCC MS 478, is one of the most curious items in the collection. Parker was in correspondence with Bishop Davies of St David's and his collaborator, William Salesbury, regarding the language in which the text was written. The list of Parker's books in the Parker Register (CCCC MS 575) is annotated to record that it had been identified as Armenian by William Patten (d. in or after 1598). Patten produced in 1570 a vocabulary and alphabet in Armenian for which he had made use of this psalter. In the middle of the book are three coloured pictures of the Virgin and Child, the Crucifixion, and Christ surrounded by the Evangelist symbols.
