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13th Century Armenian Gospel

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This jeweled, enameled, and gilt-silver repoussé cover for a 13th century Armenian gospel is an examples of the work produced in the late seventeenth-century silversmith workshop of Kayseri. Both front and back cover are signed, informing us that they were made in Kayseri in 1691 by Astuatsatur Shahamir. The central image on the front cover depicts the Adoration of the Shepherds, and above, the magi following the star. Amid angels, the banner in the sky proclaims, ‘Glory to God in the highest and on Earth peace.’ The cover was attached to a gospel copied and illuminated by a thirteenth-century scribe named Grigor, from Cilicia.” 
https://www.peopleofar.com/2017/06/07/old-armenian-bible-covers/