Sargis Pitsak ( hy, Սարգիս Պիծակ) was an early 14th-century

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n artist. Nearly 50 illustrated manuscripts are attributed to him. His father was called Grigor. Pitsak lived in

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, during a difficult period when epidemics often followed wars. He copied and illustrated manuscripts on the request of King Levon IV, queen Mariun and others. Pitsak seems to have been familiar with the work of

Toros Roslin Toros Roslin (, ); –1270) was the most prominent Armenian manuscript illuminator in the High Middle Ages.Parry, 399 Roslin introduced a wider range of narrative in his iconography based on his knowledge of western European art while contin ...

and he completed the illustration of a famous Gospel (

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, Cod. 7651), in which some miniatures reflect Roslin's influence.

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Crucifixion of Jesus, Sargis Pitsak (1346).jpg, Crucifixion of Jesus. Armenian manuscript of Queen Mariun Gospel, by Sargis Pitsak, 1346. Christ, the donor and the scribe (CBL Arm 614, f.13v).jpg, Christ, the donor and the scribe. From the Four Gospels.

Drazark monastery Drazark monastery (: Western Armenian:Trazarg), a destroyed monastic complex of Armenian Apostolic Church in Adana province of modern Turkey, which lies about 40 km. northwest of the city of Sis - historical capital of Cilician Armenia, ...

, 1342.

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