File:T'oros Roslin Gospels, Visitation, Walters Manuscript W.539, fol. 205r.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (1,295 × 1,800 pixels, file size: 698 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: This manuscript was made in 1262 by T’oros Roslin, an extremely prominent illuminator, who extended the range of manuscript illuminations by introducing a whole cycle of images into the gospels rather than, as was traditional, only including the portraits of the evangelists. This particular manuscript was created at the scriptorium of Hromkla, which became the leading artistic center of Armenian Cilicia under the rule of catholicos Constantine I (1221-1267). As an extensive colophon starting on fol. 406v explains, T’oros created this manuscript under commission from the nephew of Constantine, a priest also named T’oros. It is one of seven known manuscripts bearing T’oros Roslin’s signature, and it is the most sumptuous of them all, with 15 miniatures and 67 smaller illustrations. The style of the images suggests that T’oros had several assistants helping with the illustrations, though the overall quality remains extremely high. The manuscript was long cherished within the Armenian church. Even in the seventeenth century, its illumination served as a model for Armenian scribes, particularly Bargham and his son Mik’ayel; see Jersualem, Armenian Patriarchate, no. 3438 and Washington DC, Freer Gallery, ms. 36.15; in the latter manuscript, Mik’ayel explicitly refers to “the excellent scribe T’oros, surnamed Roslin.”
Date
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/39699193@N03/8468701768/
Author Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts
Toros Roslin  (1210–1270)  wikidata:Q738117
 
Toros Roslin
Description -Armenian manuscript illuminator
Date of birth/death ~1210 ~1270
Work period 1256-1268
Work location
Scriptorium of Hromkla in Cilicia
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q738117

Licensing

[edit]
Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

This image was originally posted to Flickr by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts at https://flickr.com/photos/39699193@N03/8468701768. It was reviewed on 22 February 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

22 February 2019

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:24, 22 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 20:24, 22 February 20191,295 × 1,800 (698 KB)Beko (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata