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The majority of Armenian MSS extant extant are Gospel books
are rarer; rarest of all are lectionaries, hymnals + collections
Armenia Miniatures L.A. Dournovo 759.9566 D73 Cupertino Lib. of homilies (Djasentic) - purely secular MSS do not appear
before the 15ht C + continue to be very rare thereafter.
Paper was occasionally used for texts from the 11th C
onwards. However, the 1st MSS to be illuminated on paper
date from the 2nd half of the 13th C.

- 3 kinds of script can be distinguished on Armenian manuscripts
1) an uncial script called erkat'agin or iron script
rounded or angular - either case words run together
without spacing
2) Starting in the 11th C, a minuscule was introduced called
bolorgin ("round letters") permitted greater compression +
introduced word sreaks.
3) notragir (notrgir) an even more compressed style -
introduced in the 17th C. under the influence of secular notary
scribes
Initial letters always remained in the old erkat'agin
capital forms

Armenian binders usually cut a small V-shaped notch
into the folded edges of each gathering where they wanted the
needle with thread to pass. In Armenian MSS there are commonly
3 or 4 notches, called sewing stations, but there may be more.
THe cutting of these notches also recessed the sewing threads,
creating MSS with flat spines.

St. Paul's epistle to the Romans
r, column 1, line 1-5:1 "through our Lord Jesus Christ"...
recto " 2 line 28-5:13 "in the World"...
v. " 1 line 1-5:13 "but sin is not reckoned"...
v. " 2 line 27-5:20 "But law"...