A large rectangular headpiece with a scalloped arch at the bottom, ornately decorated with red and blue floral motifs and arabesques on a light background. Two blue decorative circles mark the upper corners of the frame.

Questions of Saint Gregory

the Illuminator, and the Answer

of the Angel concerning the soul:

A small red decorative ornament above the bird-letters, shaped like stylized wings or a fleur-de-lis.

THE SAINT

A tall, vertical decorative margin ornament on the right side, composed of intertwined floral scrolls and leaf patterns in red and blue, ending in a pointed tip at the bottom.

Five large, highly stylized ornamental initials (trchnagir) in the form of birds, colored in red and blue, spelling out the word 'ՍՈՒՐԲՆ' (The Saint).

That which the Illuminator of the Armenians, having remained for forty days and forty nights, and having neither eaten nor drunk, asked of God: O Lord, Creator of all, send to me your angel, who might show me the place of the righteous and the sinners. When they yield up the soul, where do the angels take it? And what is the path that lies before it? And