AO WAAC OND BE gia EAT GD Dre S|ARMENIAN MINIATURES i of the 13th and 14th Centuries ‘The Armenian miniature, distinguished for : Freee ae ten ee SN ee ena onto eerree nC reer sn reac SST RON RTL Cone Toe CCCI ScD Sewer oarerc eT WSR ete Ira URC Nene on een econ A centuries. Even after the invention of printing in the early sixteenth century the fashion for ETERS eee nea es eee a nia, and they continued to be produced up to a the nineteenth century. Pine reece eee tes nes TSO eee miniature art came into elose contact with the art of many Western and Oriental coun- arte DERRY ete re ea q Prec eet Rte at re Tae NSE ct j ET Sae ron Cen ae ees POT AI ee Ce eR betes Co Rew Sy velopment, the art of calligraphy and book FETE ICU MNCe Im COUR on Nee Ree glory, One of the glorious periods, which can Tiere ee eRe Caetano CO energie ene Ca Cate et : Frere ee roe NCE TLE See a ; that the main schools of book illumination , ; were formed, and cach of them developed a Err enc Peng oe No nent of these schools were the ones in the prov= ces of Siunik and Vaspurakan, and in FreeDOS RCT Teen Ue aCe also produced in Armenian colonies abroad. - Puree ung Cee eee Precenatens Nash ona ere etree Ce ginality of their compositional, namental and colour principles, ‘ ST oeen aise ne rece Cao Ser eee ene een SE nadaran Library in Yerevan, capital of Soviet SSE Can Aurora Art Publishers