CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Babayan, Gayane |
|---|---|
| Title | Gospel Books as a Means to Reconstruct the Armenian Artistic and Cultural Milieu in Fourteenth-Century Crimea |
| Summary | The present thesis deals with the question of interrelation between artistic achievements of the Armenian community and intensifying cross-cultural communication through trade routes in fourteenth-century Crimea. The two fourteenth-century Tetraevangelia from Surxat are case studies in this research. The methodology is based on the iconographic and stylistic analyses of the miniatures of two Tetraevangelia, the investigation of some fourteenth-century colophons and historical review of the period. The examination of illustrations of these Tetraevangelia revealed the use of certain stylistic forms and iconographic models which adhere to contemporaneous Byzantine tradition and Italian models. The notary acts, statute of Kaffa, as well as records in the Armenian colophons display the considerable involvement of the Armenians in the Black Sea trade of the period. The contextualization of the two Tetraevangelia shows that the copying model of the Matenadaran Tetraevangelion originated from the Theodorian-Trapezuntine environment. The Dugento and Trecento models were also used in the process of illustration and penetrated the Armenian environment through the Cilician manuscripts and art objects from cities of central Italy. The Vienna Tetraevangelion may be associated with the Armenian–Chalcedonian environment which needs further research. |
| Supervisor | Szakács Béla Zsolt, Perczel István |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/babayan_gayane.pdf |
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