[Armenia].Գրիգոր Նարեկացի [GRÉGOIRE DE NAREK]. Գրիգորի Նարեկ - Lot 155

[Armenia].Գրիգոր Նարեկացի [GRÉGOIRE DE NAREK]. Գրիգորի Նարեկայ Վանից Վանականի Ողբերգութիւն [The Lamentations of Gregory of Narek, Monk of Vane]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1833. In-16, 621 p. (of 636 p.), full contemporary havana basane, ornate smooth spine, brown title-piece, gilt roulette on boards, gilt edges (flaws including holes to boards, split hinges and loose spine, dull corners, slight foxing, quires out of order, missing [2] lim. f. (including title p.), and 15 p., p. 439-440 torn off and missing, first and last 2 leaves and pages 5-20 partly flying). Mystical work by Gregory of Narek (951-1003), Armenian monk of the Narek monastery, also known as the Book of Lamentations (Մատեան Ողբերգութեան). Comprising 95 prayers in poetic prose, this spiritual meditation addresses suffering, repentance and the quest for divine union, and occupies a central place in Armenian literary and religious tradition.