The Gospel was written at the Haghpat
monastery in 1211 and illuminated by Markaré, a painter who lived in
the suburb of Ani. The only narrative scene in the Gospel is the Entry
into Jerusalem, which is the scene on the souvenir sheet issued by
Armenia in 2006.
The scene contains Jesus on a donkey accompanied by two
disciples. A person is climbing in the tree on the right, one of the
crowd is on a lower branch of the next tree and two others are high
above (behind the name Armenia in Armenian letters). There is a figure
in the doorway of the tower laying a garment on the road, and in the
top of the tower are two figures gesturing toward the figures in the
tree. Two bearded figures are in the tower on the left side of the
stamp.
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