[Armenia]. Աւետարան ըստ թարգմանութեան նախնեաց մերոց գրեալ ՅԼ - Lot 92

[Armenia]. Աւետարան ըստ թարգմանութեան նախնեաց մերոց գրեալ ՅԼԶթ. հայոց եւ յամի տեառն 887 [Gospel translated into the ancient Armenian language and written in the year 887]. Moscow, 1899. In-4, [3 f.]- XII-458 p. (facsimiles), contemporary brown half-basin, spine ribbed, cover preserved (minor rubbing to binding, spine slightly faded). Trilingual title and introduction (Armenian, French, Russian) by Krikor Khalatian, then Inspector at the Lazareff Institute of Oriental Languages in Moscow. The work is a scholarly edition of an Armenian evangelist's book dating from 887, with reproductions of several leaves from the original manuscript. An important publication for the history of Armenian biblical translation and medieval philology, highlighting the antiquity and richness of the Armenian scriptural tradition.