Toros Roslin

Toros Roslin ( Armenian Թորոս Ռոսլին ; 1210–1270 or 1216–1288) was the most important master of Armenian book illumination of his time. He worked mainly in Rum Kalesi .

The manuscripts he designed include the dated pieces:

1256: Tetraevangelium ("Zeytun Gospel"), Yerevan, Matenadaran, Ms. 10450;
1260: Gospel of Tetra, Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate, Ms. 251;
1262: Tetraevangelium ("Sebastia Gospel"), Baltimore, Walters Gallery, Ms. 539;
1262: Gospel of Tetra, Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate, Ms. 2660;
1265: Tetraevangelium, Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate, Ms. 1965;
1266: Maštoc ' (Euchologion), Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate, Ms. 2027;
1267–1268: Tetraevangelium ("Malatia Gospel"), Yerevan, Matenadaran, Ms. 10675 (formerly 3627)

The following three miniatures are in codices today owned by the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem :

Leon III King of Cilicia with his wife Keran, 1262
The three men in the fiery furnace (scene from the Book of Daniel ), 1266
The Crossing of the Red Sea (scene from the second book of Moses (Exodus)), 1266

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personal data
SURNAME	Roslin, Toros
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ռոսլին, Թորոս (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Armenian master in a magnificent Armenian manuscript in the Middle Ages
DATE OF BIRTH	1210 or 1216
DATE OF DEATH	1270 or 1288