PROFESSOR STELLA VARDANYAN WAS AWARDED WITH THE GOLD MEDAL OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CULTURE AND SPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

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For her long-term dedicated work and professional merit, Stella Vardanyan, a senior researcher at the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts and long-time head of the Department of History of Medicine and Natural Sciences, doctor-philologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor Stella Vardanyan was awarded with the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Education, Science,

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DIRECTOR OF MATENADARAN ARA KHZMALYAN HOSTED THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY ROMANO PRODI AND AMBASSADOR ALFONSO DI RIZZO

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Visit of the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Romano Prodi and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy to the Republic of Armenia Alfonso Di Rizzo to the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. Director of Matenadaran Ara Khzmalyan hosted the former Prime Minister of Italy, President of the

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THE VISIT OF NORA ARISSIAN, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TO THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, TO THE MATENADARAN

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Mr. Ara Khzmalyan, Director of the Matenadaran, hosted Nora Arissian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Republic of Armenia. During the meeting, Mrs. Arissian congratulated Mr. Khzmalyan on his election as the director of the Matenadaran and discussed potential cooperation between the Matenadaran and cultural and academic institutions in Syria.

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THE 35TH VOLUME OF THE PERIODICAL “BULLETIN OF MATENADARAN” HAS BEEN RELEASED

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This volume of “the Bulletin of Matenadaran” contains articles on literature, history, ethnography, philology, archeology and art. The studies are particularly dedicated to the history of the formation of the manuscript collections of the Matenadaran, the Armenian medieval literature and epic, the history of everyday life, paleography, miniature painting, and archaeological excavations. The periodical is

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DONATION TO MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

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Haroutioun Gulian, honored expert of the Supreme and Appellate Courts of Paris, and his family donated to the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts the valuable Atlas Historical Cartography of Armenia by Zadik Khanzadian, a prominent cartographer, Honorary Chairman of the French-Armenian Cultural Society, director of the “Samuel Murad” College and foreign member of

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PROFESSOR IRVING FINKEL, PROFESSOR OF THE MIDDLE EAST DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, FAMOUS CUNEIFORM EXPERT, ONE OF THE BEST RESEARCHERS OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST VISITED THE “MATENADARAN” MESROP MASHTOTS INSTITUTE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS

Visits

Irving Finkel toured the Matenadaran Museum, got acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibitions. He was greatly impressed by the rich manuscript heritage of the Matenadaran, especially the variety of foreign language collections, as well as the thorough presentation of the museum exhibit. Professor Finkel is in Armenia at the invitation of “Erebuni” Historical and

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Armenian Online Manuscripts in Other Collections of the World

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The Index of Armenian Manuscripts is an online bibliographic list of Armenian manuscripts available online in different digital libraries worldwide. The items are listed alphabetically according to their location. The principal data on the manuscripts (shelf label, material, time, number of folios, volume, and content) are taken from the relevant manuscript catalogues. By clicking on

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