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Toros Roslin

1210 - 1270

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Toros Roslin (Armenian: Թորոս Ռոսլին, Armenian pronunciation: [tʰɔɹɔs rɔslin]); c. 1210–1270) was the most prominent Armenian manuscript illuminator in the High Middle Ages. Roslin introduced a wider range of narrative in his iconography based on his knowledge of western European art while continuing the conventions established by his predecessors. Roslin enriched Armenian manuscript painting by introducing new artistic themes such as the Incredulity of Thomas and Passage of the Red Sea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toros Roslin has received more than 72,059 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Toros Roslin is the 845th most popular painter (up from 975th in 2019).

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  • 72k

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  • 55.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Toros Roslin ranks 845 out of 2,023. Before him are Vincenzo Catena, Wolf Huber, Marguerite Gérard, Helen Allingham, Roman Opałka, and Stradanus. After him are Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Gustave Boulanger, John Collier, Ford Madox Brown, Isaac Israëls, and Wols.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1210, Toros Roslin ranks 10. Before him are Afonso III of Portugal, Birger Jarl, Treniota, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania, and Chaka of Bulgaria. After him are Muqi, Guan Hanqing, Campanus of Novara, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Giacomo da Lentini, and Guido Bonatti. Among people deceased in 1270, Toros Roslin ranks 10. Before him are Margaret of Hungary, Theobald II of Navarre, Tannhäuser, Maria Laskarina, Shvarn, and John Tristan, Count of Valois. After him are Si Inthrathit, David VII of Georgia, Mécia Lopes de Haro, Hethum I, King of Armenia, Muqi, and Margaret of Sicily.

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