Abstract
The purpose of this article is to specify a very important feature of the colophons in the Armenian manuscripts - their exemplary character. The objective of the work is to present the importance of colophon-exemplares in codicology. The work is written applying the historical-comparative and comparative methods. The results of the research show that though colophons are mostly written in colophon-patterns, there are colophon-exemplares of a complete colophon too. There is a typical colophon-exemplar in the Ms. 2335 of Matenadaran (M, Jerusalem, 1476), and there are examples of inscriptions-colophons: a colophon for writing on a fountain and on a cup in the Ms. M 3461 (Tʻokhatʻ, 1662). Comparing the information of the colophons written in the same colophon-exemplar of the manuscripts M 3633, 5664, 6059, 8454, 8578, we clarified the "kinship" connections of those manuscripts. We also found out the place of writing of the Ms. M 8578 (Moks province), as well as who the scribe Sargis was. He is Sargis Hizantsʻi, the brother of the famous miniature painter Martiros Hizantsʻi from Hizan province. In other words, due to collecting and classifying colophons written on the basis of the same colophon-exemplar, it is possible to find out not only various data concerning the circumstances of the origin of those manuscripts, but also to solve various codicological issues.
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