Davidis Regis & Prophetæ Psalterium in Lingua Armena. [Amsterdam 1666].
82,-175 8º

Front cover	Petræus’ handwritten title page with dedication

This book contains the Book of Psalms from the Old Testament in Armenian, using the Armenian alphabet. The Royal Library holds two copies. It was printed in 1666 in Amsterdam where an Armenian printing office had been founded a few years earlier. This copy was sent from Leiden to Frederik III by the orientalist Theodor Petræus who has added a short dedication to the King. A few years before Petræus had presented the King with a manuscript of the Koran.

15.6 x 9.7 cm.

Reference (in Danish): Erik Iversen, “Theodor Petræus og det 17. Aarhundredes orientalske Studier”, Fund og Forskning IX, 1962, pp. 79-113.

See the other copy (including an example of the text) under “The Bible printed in many languages”.

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