Beautiful image! To my knowledge the 'final miniatures' of the Gospel (Matenadaran, MS. 2374, ff 228-229) are earlier Syriac or Armenian, incorporated into the 989 MS. Do you have a source on the Byz attribution?
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They hit it on the nose with "complex overlay of varying artistic traditions"! I do think the 'final miniatures' are Armenian in intent, for an Armenian audience. The style is ambiguous, but the inserted folios are integrated in a manner seen in other Armenian gospels.
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Interesting, thank you! :) Looking around this morning, old view does seem to adopt Syrian origin (e.g. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3045509 ) so v interesting to see moved on! :)
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