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The Four Gospels, 1495, Gospel of St John 4: 43-46, showing marginal ornament in the form of a sphinx

The Four Gospels, 1495. St Luke's Gospel 5: 7-14 in bologir script with decorated capitals

The Four Gospels, 1495, dark brown leather over boards with silver ornaments and a cross studded with five comelian stones

Armenian MS 4 (74294), folio 114 verso

The Four Gospels, 1495, the Evangelist dictating his Gospel to his pupil Prochoros

Armenian Manuscript 3

The Four Gospels, 1495, Portrait of St Mark

The Four Gospels, 1495, The headpiece (Khoran) of St Mark's Gospel

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Armenian MS 4 (74294), folio 114 verso

The Four Gospels, 1495, dark brown leather over boards with silver ornaments and a cross studded with five comelian stones

Armenian Manuscript 3

The Four Gospels, 1495, Portrait of St Mark

The Four Gospels, 1495, The headpiece (Khoran) of St Mark's Gospel