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Skevra Evangeliary
Armenian evangeliary from the 12th century From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Skevra Evangeliary is an illuminated Armenian evangeliary from 12th century.[2]
It is one of the world's most valuable Armenian manuscripts, dating from the late 12th century.[2] The manuscript came to Poland in the 15th century and from the late 16th century to the Second World War it was kept in the Armenian Cathedral in Lviv.[2] In 2006 the head of the Armenian Catholic Church in Poland, who is the Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw, placed the Evangeliary on deposit in the National Library of Poland.[2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth.[3][2]
The manuscript is an outstanding example of the illuminator's art from Lesser Armenia, or the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.[2] It is decorated with full-page miniatures depicting Evangelists and figurative, floral and zoomorphic initials[1] The manuscript contains 429 leaves, measuring 29 x 22 cm.[1]
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