The Iconography of Catholicos’ Vestments in the Armenian Medieval Miniature Painting

The Center for Armenian Arts, Glendale, California 250 N. Orange St., Glendale, CA, United States

The book is dedicated to exploration of historical origins and development of ceremonial vestments for the pontiff of the Armenian Apostolic Church-the Catholicos. It explores the dressing ritual, protocol and the symbolism of it. In medieval manuscripts created in Armenia prior or in main book-making centers of the Armenian diaspora, there are portraits of famous […]