Entry into Jerusalem
Artist - A pupil of Grigor Tatevatsi, 1378
Gospel, 1297

Plate 16. Entry Into Jerusalem.
The miniature depicts an event from the Gospel. Christ and his disciples are met by the people of Jerusalem, greeting them with palm leaves. Christ, sitting on a white ass occupies the center of the composition. His large figure emphasizes his being the center of the scene. Such breach of balance in the parts of the composition is not unique in Christian art: the size of figures and objects in the miniature are constructed not according to their position but by their importance in the scene. The miniature (plate 40) by the Anonymous Painter of Syuniq gives an enlarged version of the composition, the original quality of which comes from folk-traditions.