13-10-2017, 09:45 PM
I have searched for medieval manuscripts which could show an "umbrella-shaped roof". On a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in MS 6288 (1) one can see a corresponding illustration. It most likely shows the belltower of the Horomos / Ghoshavank monastery ( Armenian-Turkish border, about 75 km south of the Harichavank monastery ). A photo from around 1900 shows the state before the decay since 1920. Obviously the dome of the church had no such roof (collapsed in the 1970s).
In the manuscript it appears as if the typical roof of a "Gandzasar-style church" was placed on the belltower to show this unique feature. For a "compressed composition" which is intended to show the entrance to Jerusalem, this is quite understandable.
![[Image: comp_Horomos_roof.png]](http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/mwille2/VMS/comp_Horomos_roof.png)
(1) Erevan, Matenadaran, MS 6288, Haghbat Gospel, Monastery of Horomos, 1211, artist Markaré, Entry into Jerusalem
Unfortunately, the search for other comparable manuscripts was not successful. The only illustration with the same theme dates from the 17th century and probably originates from Constantinople.
Walters Ms. W.546, Gospels of Georg Alexief, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
In the manuscript it appears as if the typical roof of a "Gandzasar-style church" was placed on the belltower to show this unique feature. For a "compressed composition" which is intended to show the entrance to Jerusalem, this is quite understandable.
(1) Erevan, Matenadaran, MS 6288, Haghbat Gospel, Monastery of Horomos, 1211, artist Markaré, Entry into Jerusalem
Unfortunately, the search for other comparable manuscripts was not successful. The only illustration with the same theme dates from the 17th century and probably originates from Constantinople.
Walters Ms. W.546, Gospels of Georg Alexief, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.