Editing Gregory the Illuminator (section)

=== Depictions in Armenian art ===
Gregory has been depicted widely in Armenian art since the early Middle Ages on various media. He is most likely the figure, a saint, carved on a seventh-century stele in [[Talin, Armenia|Talin]].{{sfn|Maranci|2018|p=47}} He is depicted next to John the Baptist, the prophet [[Elijah]], and most likely Thaddeus, [[James of Nisibis]], and the apostle Bartholomew on the east façade of the tenth-century [[Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Aghtamar|Aghtamar Cathedral]] in [[Lake Van]].{{sfn|Maranci|2018|p=70}} Sixteen scenes depicting Gregory's life are painted in the [[Ani#The church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents|Church of Tigran Honents]] in [[Ani]] (1215), that contains the most complete painted interior of all medieval Armenian monuments.{{sfn|Maranci|2018|pp=131-132}}

Gregory is depicted on the silver reliquary of Skevra (1293), the best known work of precious metal from [[Armenian Cilicia]], along with Saint Thaddeus,{{sfn|Maranci|2018|p=121}} and on the reliquary of the Holy Sign (1300), another significant piece of Armenian metalwork made at the [[:hy:Խոտակերաց վանք|Monastery of Khotakerats]], along with John the Baptist.{{sfn|Maranci|2018|p=152}} Gregory is depicted with King Trdat on the left and Hripsime on a 1448 processional banner of embroidered silk kept at the Treasury of Etchmiadzin.{{sfn|Maranci|2018|pp=181-3}} At the [[Vank Cathedral]] in [[New Julfa]], the Armenian district of [[Isfahan]], Iran, Gregory's martyrdom was painted in a European style by the Italian-trained [[Hovhannes M'rkuz Jułayeci]] in 1646.{{sfn|Maranci|2018|p=195}}

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File:Saint Grégoire et la foule, 1569.jpg|A [[Armenian illuminated manuscripts|miniature]] of Gregory and Trdat (as a boar) by [[:hy:Վարդան Բաղիշեցի (մանրանկարիչ)|Vardan Baghishetsi]] on a manuscript from [[Baghesh]], [[Vaspurakan]], {{circa|1569–70}}<ref>Illuminated by Vardan of Baghesh (Vardan Baghishets‘i; act. 1569–1578). Scribe: Hakob the deacon (sarkawag) (act. second half 16th century). Tempera and ink on paper; 353 folios. [[Matenadaran]], Yerevan, Armenia (ms 1920) {{cite book |last1=Piñon |first1=Erin |editor1-last=Evans |editor1-first=Helen C. |editor1-link=Helen C. Evans |title=Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages |date=2018 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and [[Yale University Press]] |isbn=978-1-58839-660-0 |oclc=1028910888 |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Armenia_Art_Religion_and_Trade_in_the_Middle_Ages |chapter=Revival of Early Narratives in Manuscripts |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ezNtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA210 210]}}</ref>
File:Etchmiadzin Cathedral Gregory the Illuminator relief.jpg|[[Etchmiadzin Cathedral]], 17th century
File:Անհայտ հայ նկարիչ, 18-րդ դար Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ.jpg|An 18th century painting by an unknown author
File:Gregory the Illuminator.jpg|''The Baptism of the Armenian People. Gregory the Illuminator'' by [[Ivan Aivazovsky]] (1892)
File:Սուրենյանց Վարդգես. Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ.jpg|A painting by [[Vardges Sureniants]]
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