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Armenian manuscripts are treasuries of knowledge and tradition, attesting to the religious, intellectual, literary, economic, scribal, artisanal, and visual practices of Armenian communities and their neighbours across the world. Private collections form an important repository for Armenian manuscripts. Not all such collections are accessible to scholars, meaning that our knowledge of Armenian manuscripts must always be considered only partial. The David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection consists of ancient and medieval art objects originating in the Near East and the Holy Land. This collection, dating from 1970 and growing over the years, is carefully kept in Zürich, Switzerland. The artefacts belong to three main categories: archaeology (terracotta, bronze, silver and glass; seals and potsherds containing short notes inscribed in Aramaic and Hebrew; and numismatic items from Israel); Judaica (Jewish ritual objects); and medieval manuscripts, incunabula and old printed books written in Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, Latin, and Armenian. Among the Jeselsohn manuscripts are five Armenian codices. Of great importance for Armenian studies and the history of art more generally, these manuscripts occupy a special place in the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection. The David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection offers, in small compass, precious insight into manuscript patronage and production during one of the most prosperous moments in Armenian history.