Sargis Pitsak

First page of the Gospel of Mark in Armenian, by Sargis Pitsak, 14th century.

Sargis Pitsak (Armenian: Սարգիս Պիծակ) was an early 14th-century Armenian artist.^[1] Nearly 50 illustrated manuscripts are attributed to him.^[2] His father was called Grigor.^[3]

Pitsak lived in Cilicia, during a difficult period when epidemics often followed wars.^[4] He copied and illustrated manuscripts on the request of King Levon IV,^[5] queen Mariun and others.^[6]

Pitsak seems to have been familiar with the work of Toros Roslin and he completed the illustration of a famous Gospel (Matenadaran, Cod. 7651), in which some miniatures reflect Roslin's influence.^[7]

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Crucifixion of Jesus. Armenian manuscript of Queen Mariun Gospel, by Sargis Pitsak, 1346.

References[]

^ Adalian, R.P. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Armenia. Historical Dictionaries of Europe. Scarecrow Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Hovannisian, R.G.; Payaslian, S. (2008). Armenian Cilicia. Armenian Research Center collection. Mazda Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-56859-154-4. Retrieved 9 October 2018. The importance of Sis was partly because it was the main residence of the famous painter Sargis Pitsak, whose works included nearly fifty manuscripts ...
^ Abgari͡a︡n, G.V. (1962). The Matenadaran. Armenian Research Center collection. Armenian State Pub. House. p. 57. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Antiquarian Book Monthly (in French). ABMR Publications. 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 9 October 2018. The exhibition includes major works by Cilicia's most brilliant illuminator, Toros Roslin, and his successor, Sargis Pitsak.
^ Stone, N.; Stone, M.E.; Chester Beatty Library (2007). The Armenians: Art, Culture and Religion. Armenian Research Center collection. Chester Beatty Library. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-904832-37-9. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Society for Armenian Studies (1995). Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies. Society for Armenian Studies. p. 20. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Akopian, A. (2001). Armenians and the World: Yesterday and Today. Noyan Tapan. p. 130. ISBN 978-99930-51-29-9. Retrieved 9 October 2018. Mentioned in particular should be the miniaturists Toros Roslin and Sarkis Pitsak, who created unsurpassed world scale masterpieces of miniature.