[ENLUMINURE]. [ARMENIA]. Leaf from a Gospel Book manuscript. Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. Inscription in Armenian (in lowercase "bolorgir") above the miniature. Oriental paper, ink, tempera, liquid gold. Turkey, Constantinople (Istanbul), late 16th century Attributed to copyist and illuminator Martiros de Khizan (circa 1546-1607). Some stains to the paper, small paper tears not serious. Good overall condition. Dimensions: 194 x 140 mm (leaf dimensions); miniature dimensions: 125 x 88 mm Superb example of late 16th-century Armenian illumination. Khizan, now Hizan, is a town south of Lake Van and southeast of Bitlis. Martiros de Khizan was a local artist active in the Khizan region and on Lake Van, as well as in Constantinople within the Armenian community. Other leaves from this dismembered manuscript were sold at auction. These include Paris, Artcurial, Collection de Liuba et Ernesto Wolf, December 1, 2014, lots 46-48; London, Christie's, April 23, 2015, lot 196 (Raising of Lazarus). Another manuscript dated 1596 and located in Constantinople, painted by Martiros de Khizan, is preserved in Dublin, Chester Beatty Library (Sirarpie Der Nersessian, The Chester Beatty Library. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts, Dublin, 1958, no. 573, vol. I, pp. 76-81, vol. II, pl. 46-47, with an Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem reproduced on plate 47). This manuscript contains a colophon on fol. 354v-356v: "[...] And now, I, the least of the clerics and the most unworthy of the children of the Church...misnamed Martiros of Hizan..." (Sirarpie Der Nersessian, 1958, p. 76). Provenance: Charles Vignier Collection (1863-1934). Sale Paris, C. Boisgirard & A. de Heeckeren, Art d'Orient, collection du Dr J.-C. Lacoux, important ensemble of Muslim ceramics from the 9th to 14th centuries... various, Iranian and Ottoman earthenware... Muslim bronzes and copper... manuscripts and miniatures... Armenian art..., expert A.-M. Kévorkian, May 21, 1980, lots 128 to 154: "Thirty-two miniatures from the same Gospel". Lot 130: Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. Chester Beatty MS 573 : https ://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Arm_573_3/1/LOG_0 000 / Liuba and Ernesto Wolf Collection: https ://www.artcurial.com/ventes/vente-fr-2915-collection-liuba-ernesto-wolf