Clajensis Nerses. - Preces Triginta Linguis Editae - 1862
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Clajensis Nerses’s *Preces Triginta Linguis Editae* is an 1862 multilingual collection of Christian prayers, bound in half leather and comprising 550 pages.
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Clajensis Nerses. Prayers of Saint Nerses Claiense, Armenian Patriarch. Triginta Tribus Linguis, edited. Venice, Island of S. Lazzaro, 1862. A famous and fascinating multilingual collection of Christian Eastern prayers. The work brings together chants and penitential and devotional prayers of the Armenian Orthodox tradition attributed to Patriarch Nerses Claiense, translated into 33 languages by the Mechitarist monks of the Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice, including ancient Greek, Persian, Arabic, Syriac, Turkish, and Hebrew. Half-leather binding of the period. Large dry-guilding (fregio a secco) on the boards. Frontispiece portrait of Saint Nerses, etched by Bernasconi after a drawing by Busato, with symbols of Armenian liturgy. Frontispiece illustrated engraving. Dimensions 15 x 9 cm, 14 preliminary pages, 550 pages, 2 unnumbered. Excellent condition.
Clajensis Nerses. Prayers of Saint Nerses Claiense, Armenian Patriarch. Triginta Tribus Linguis, edited. Venice, Island of S. Lazzaro, 1862. A famous and fascinating multilingual collection of Christian Eastern prayers. The work brings together chants and penitential and devotional prayers of the Armenian Orthodox tradition attributed to Patriarch Nerses Claiense, translated into 33 languages by the Mechitarist monks of the Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice, including ancient Greek, Persian, Arabic, Syriac, Turkish, and Hebrew. Half-leather binding of the period. Large dry-guilding (fregio a secco) on the boards. Frontispiece portrait of Saint Nerses, etched by Bernasconi after a drawing by Busato, with symbols of Armenian liturgy. Frontispiece illustrated engraving. Dimensions 15 x 9 cm, 14 preliminary pages, 550 pages, 2 unnumbered. Excellent condition.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Linguistics, Religion
Book title
Preces Triginta Linguis Editae
Author/ Illustrator
Clajensis Nerses.
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1862
Height
15 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
9 cm
Language
Multilingual
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Venezia, Isola di S. Lazzaro
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
550
