A PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING A PROGRAM AIMED AT RESTORING AND PROMOTING THE WRITTEN HERITAGE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAS HELD AT THE MESROP MASHTOTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS. THIS EVENT RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR’S FUND FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL VALUES

The U.S. Ambassador’s Fund has allocated $74,000 to Matenadaran for the restoration and dissemination of manuscript records originating in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as unique documents related to its rich history. As part of this project, manuscripts and archival documents created between the 13th and 18th centuries in various Armenian medieval monasteries—such as Gandzasar, Dadivank, Gndevank,

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ARMINE MELKONYAN, SENIOR RESEARCHER OF THE MATENADARAN PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP “MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS ACROSS EURASIA”, ORGANISED BY THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA AND THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY

She presented a paper entitled “From the 5th to the 21st Century: matenadarans and the Matenadaran Repositories of Armenian Manuscripts” and took part in a round table discussion on the topic “Eurasian Manuscript Heritage: Values, Challenges, Perspectives”. The participants were given a guided tour of the State Hall of the Austrian National Library, and visited

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