Armi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ kollekt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Gosudarstvennogo muzei︠a︡ istorii religii
Subtitle: Armenian collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion
Publisher: Gos. muzeĭ istorii religii.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sankt-Peterburg
Language: rus
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Catalogs; Liturgical objects; Christian art and symbolism; Armenian Church; Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ istorii religii (Russia)
Other titles: Armenian collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion
Description: The museum{u2019}s collection has religious paintings of the eighteenth to the early twentieth century that represent several styles and themes: old-style icons, general biblical scenes, episodes on the main events in Armenian church history. Other works include engravings and lithographs of church prelates, examples of ecclesiastic metalwork, and embroidered and filigree vestments. -- Summary written by John W. Emerich, Bronze Horseman Literary Agency.
Notes: Text in Russian and English.