Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice

The Missing Pages revolves around one material object, telling in riveting narrative prose the story of a medieval Four Gospels manuscript, beginning with its creation in Hromkla in 1256 and concluding with the settlement of a court case between the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Western Prelacy of t...

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Autor principal: Arlen, Jesse Siragan
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Publicat: Études arméniennes contemporaines 2026
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:The Missing Pages revolves around one material object, telling in riveting narrative prose the story of a medieval Four Gospels manuscript, beginning with its creation in Hromkla in 1256 and concluding with the settlement of a court case between the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Armenia over ownership of the manuscript’s canon tables (eight folios), which were removed from the codex during the Armenian Genocide. The book alternates between d...