[Collection of texts on the calendar]

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

258 leaves : paper ; 186 x 135 (120-140 x 95-98) mm bound to 195 x 145 mm; Armenian.; Binding: Blind-tooled calf with patterned fabric lining the covers and the leather flap attached to the lower cover; remnants of straps on lower cover and flap and of catches on upper cover; paper label with inscription in ink on spine.; Collation: Paper, i + 258 + i; 1-5¹² 6⁶ 7⁴(-1) 8-13¹² 14¹⁶(-1) 15¹² 16¹⁰ 17-18¹² 19¹²(-1) 20-21¹² 22¹⁰ 23⁸ 24⁴(-1); 1-167, i, 168-257, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Gatherings have contemporary signatures in ink on the first recto and often on the last verso, lower center. Modern pagination in pencil is also present, upper center or upper outer corners, but pages without text are not paginated. References in this record are to the modern foliation.; Decoration: Ornamental headpieces with marginal arabesques in red, blue and brown ink (f. 3r, 131r, 137r, 138r, 145v); diagrams in red ink, most with black text (f. 9r, 23r, 47r, 143r, 144v, 156v, 171r, 192r-203r, 204r-210r, 211r-211v); rubrics in red; some tables ruled in red.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Layout: Written in 26-37 long lines; ruled in drypoint, with prickings visible on many leaves; vertical bounding lines traced in red ink in some works.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Armenia after 1416 (date of compilation of commentary on the calendar by Hakob Ghrimetsʻi).; Script: Written in a bolorgir script; 19th-century additions (f. 81r).; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-2r: [Introduction]; Table of contents: 10. f.82r-130r: [Calendar tables]; Table of contents: 11. f.131r-143r: [Unidentified text with tables and diagram]; Table of contents: 12. f.144v-145v: [Calendar diagram and table]; Table of contents: 13. f.145v-212r: [Commentary on the calendar / Hovhannēs Vardapet (also known as Hovhannēs Sarkawag)]; Table of contents: 14. f.213r-244r: [On astronomy / Anania Shirakatsʻi]; Table of contents: 15. f.247-254v: [Calendar tables]; Table of contents: 16. f.255r-257v: [Unidentified work added later to the manuscript]; Table of contents: 2. f.3r-54v: [Commentary on the calendar / Hakob Ghrimetsʻi ; On the calendar of Hakob Ghrimetsʻi]; Table of contents: 3. f.55r-56r: [On the liturgical year / Grigor Skewṛatsʻi]; Table of contents: 4. f.56r-58v: [Commentary on the calendar of Andreas]; Table of contents: 5. f.58v-60r: [Commentary on the calendar of Anania Shirakatsʻi]; Table of contents: 6. f.60r-62r: [Commentary on the Roman calendar]; Table of contents: 7. f.62r-67r: [On the nature of the human body, with discussion of zodiac signs]; Table of contents: 8. f.67v-68v: [Poem on the nature of the human body]; Table of contents: 9. f.69r-80v: [Calendar tables]; Title supplied by cataloger.