Year of Object(s) Creation: 1256
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Manuscript
Object Material(s): gold, ink or dye, metal, paint, paper, tempera
Provenience Nation: Armenia
Provenience Location: Zeyt’un (Present day Turkey)
Year Removed from Findspot: 1915

Provenance
Start Year: 1994
End Year: 2015
Circumstance of Acquisition: Purchase
Nation: United States
Location: Morgan Library, New York City
Start Year: 1969
End Year: 1994
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: Armenia
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Start Year: 1915
End Year: 1969
Circumstance of Acquisition: Deportation of Prince Asadur Agha Sourenian, then in possession of the manuscript
Nation: Turkey
Location: Marash (Present day Turkey)
Start Year: 1256
End Year: 1915
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: Turkey
Location: Zeyt’un

Armenian Canon Tables Of The Zeyt’un Gospels


Description:


Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2010
Year Claim Resolved: 2015
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

Complainant Name: Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Armenian Orthodox Church)
Complainant Nation: Armenia
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Private: Institution

Respondent Name: Getty Museum
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
The University of Geneva's ArThemis project (reference in URL above) offers in-depth documentation and discussion of this dispute. *Provenance noted as Turkey as all the site are in modern day Turkey, previously in Armenia Edited by Tali Maximon