| Sumario: | The subject of this research is related to the Armenian scriptorium of Amida [Hamit’] (Armenian Mesopotamia). While examining the works by scribe Yovhannēs, one of the most famous masters of the 17th century Amida scriptorium, I discovered two similar manuscripts, which are exceptional in contents and design. One was written in 1601 and the other was copied from the first one in 1607. The former is now in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin under the number 551, and the latter in the Matenadaran, Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, under the number 10772. Those manuscripts have not been discussed in academic circles until now and need detailed analysis. In this article, I will try to analyse their source, in particular their diagrammatic structure and the pictorial elements found in them.
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