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Gospel books, library by library

On 26 October 2026, 169 Gospel books in the catalogue carry their title in Armenian script, Աւետարան, which HMML romanises as Awetaran. Here is the earliest from each of ten libraries: the Catholicosate of Cilicia, the diocese of Aleppo, Our Lady of Bzummār, two of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul's collections and the church of St Gregory the Illuminator in Galata, the Pontificio Collegio Armeno in Rome, the history museum in Lviv, and private homes in Armenia's Shirak and Aragatsotn provinces.

Where a scribe dated the book, the catalogue gives the year in both calendars. The Armenian era begins in AD 552, so 739 AC is 1290.

• Awetaran Աւետարան

  Armenian Church. Katʻoghikosutʻiwn Hayotsʻ Metsi Tann Kilikioy · 800-1000

• Gospels Աւետարան

  Armenian Church. Diocese of Aleppo · 1231

• Awetaran Աւետարան

  Our Lady of Bzummār Monastery · 1290

• Gospel book Աւետարան

  Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, Balat · 1297-1298

• Awetaran Աւետարան

  Private Library (Shiraki marz, Armenia : AMKS 00008) · 1341

• Gospel book Աւետարան

  S. Grigor Lusaworichʻ Ekeghetsʻi (Galata) · 1364

• Awetaran Աւետարան

  Pontificio Collegio Armeno · 1371

• Gospels Աւետարան

  Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, Azgayin Matenadaran · 1511

• Awetaran Աւետարան

  Lʹvivsʹkyĭ istorychnyĭ muzeĭ · 1652

• Awetaran Աւետարան

  Private Library (Aragatsotni marz, Armenia : AMKS 00014) · 1672