“AND LEAD US NOT… THE MYSTERIOUS WRITINGS OF PROTECTION”. A UNIQUE EXHIBITION OPENS AT THE MATENADARAN
Scroll-shaped amulets, which form part of Armenian manuscript heritage, are collections of prayers, supplications, and wishes intended to provide protection and healing. For the first time, the collection of handwritten scroll-shaped amulets preserved at Matenadaran is on display. Matenadaran houses the largest collection of Armenian handwritten amulets. Ara Khzmalyan, Director of Matenadaran, and Davit Ghazaryan,