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Such texts were often carried into war by Armenian rulers and individual copies of the Gospels were given sacred names and believed to hold miraculous powers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe golden age of Armenian illuminated manuscripts was in the Cilician period (12th-14th centuries). Cilicia was home to important scriptoria--the workshops of Hromkla (actually beyond Cilicia proper), Grner, Sis (the Capital), Drazark, and Skevra, where there were many outstanding artists such as Thoros Roslin. Cilician illumination at the end of the fourteenth century was severely affected by the advance of the Muslims. The kingdom was destroyed by the Mamluks, the Islamic rulers of Egypt, in 1375. Manuscripts by the hundreds were lost, mutilated or destroyed; only a few survived. Many artists escaped from Cilicia to other Armenian centers--where they continued the tradition of Cilician illumination--while others chose to adopt the art forms of their new environments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The importance of the book as a vehicle for the transmission of Armenian culture cannot be over stated. The illuminated manuscript--and in particular, the Gospel book--is the most significant cultural artifact, revealing both the history and strength of its traditions and heritage. Illuminated Gospel books typically include four types of images: a ten-page set of canon tables (indexes for comparing similar passages in the four Gospels); an introductory cycle of illustrations depicting various scenes from the ministry of Jesus; portraits of the four Evangelists (St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St. John) each placed at the beginning of his Gospel; and optional dedications to the donor of the individual Gospel book, in which the donor's name was routinely inscribed in the colophon, along with names of the artist and scribe--and other historical information--thus ensuring salvation for the pious act of commissioning a sacred book.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49704311554321,"sku":"DVDB00009NHC9VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53414204539153,"sku":"CINB00009NHC9VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53424512008465,"sku":"CINB00009NHC9G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B00009NHC9.jpg?v=1751352573"},{"product_id":"national-lampoon-s-vacation-30th-anniversary-bd-dvd-0883929299034","title":"National Lampoon's Vacation: 30th Anniversary (BD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eErik Daarstad is one of the world's great cinematographers. In a distinguished career spanning nearly 60 years and hundreds of award-winning motion pictures, the skill, beauty and sensitivity of his cinematography has become legend. This autobiography tells of not only his personal story and long career in the movies, but also follows the sweep of history through 80 years of a life fully lived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1935 in a small village in Norway, Daarstad's earliest memories are of the Nazi occupation of his homeland during World War I. Developing a fascination with photography and filmmaking as a teenager, he came to Los Angeles in 1954 to pursue an amazing career that has made Daarstad a witness to more than half a century of historic events and fascinating personalities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book describes his love of movies and moviemaking as well as the many remarkable people he met along the way. They include sitting presidents Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, Robert Kennedy during his run for the presidency, Adlai Stevenson as U.N. Ambassador, artists and musicians including composer Aaron Copeland, Jane Goodall among the chimpanzees in Africa, and movie stars such as Paul Newman, John Wayne, Kim Novak and Natalie Wood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaarstad's work on hundreds of documentaries took him around the nation and the world, as he filmed on locations from America's Deep South, to Greenland, Africa, South America and more. 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