Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Armenian Icons

Mary Mother of God with the Apostles at Pentecost, from a 14th-century manuscript:


The Last Supper:


The Nativity:


Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, from a manuscript dated 1317:


A Cross:


I hope you're enjoying my posts about religious images from various Churches at least half as much as I'm enjoying posting them. The Coptic, Ethiopic and Armenian Churches each have their own spoken and written language (Coptic, Ethiopic and Armenian, respectively), and I think you can see a distinct visual language in each case as well.

(Can a post about Syriac Christian images be far off?)

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