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MATENADARAN HAS EXPANDED ITS VALUABLE COLLECTION OF RIBBON-SHAPED CHARMS

11.04.2025Hrant OhanyanDonations

Մատենադարանի ժապավինաձև hմայիլների արժեքավոր հավաքածուն համալրվել է ևս մեկ տպագիր ինքնատիպ օրինակով, որը թվագրվում է 1717-ով։ Գլանաձև, իրար սոսնձված թղթերում առկա են մանրանկարներ և հմայիլներին հատուկ աղոթքներ։ Հմայիլի երկարությունը հասնում է մինչև 480 սմ։ Հմայիլը Մատենադարանին է նվիրաբերել Սորբոնի համալսարանի Բարձրագույն ուսման գործնական դպրոցի հայկական և արևելաքրիստոնեական արվեստի պրոֆեսոր, Ֆրանսիական քոլեջի բյուզանդագիտության կենտրոնի Կովկասի բաժնի

SHURISKHAN GOSPEL RETURNED TO THE VAULT

11.04.2025Hrant OhanyanEvents

Let’s recall that the Matenadaran’s new series of “Hidden Manuscripts” exhibitions began on March 10 of this year with the display of the Shurishkan Holy Gospel. Within a month, thousands of visitors from various cities and settlements in Armenia and the Diaspora attended Matenadaran. On April 10, the last representatives connected to the Shurishkan Gospel

MATENADARAN MS 4670: FESTIVE HOMILIARY

01.04.2025Hrant OhanyanManuscripts

The Festive Homiliary Ms 4670 is considered to be one of the largest paper manuscripts (815 folios) housed in the Matenadaran. This manuscript was copied in 1401 in the city of Vostan (Vaspurakan), by the prolific scribe and artist of the time Tserun, with the monk Stepanos as the commissioner and the priest Sargis as

MATENADARAN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ITS PRACTICAL ROLE IN PRESERVING INTERNATIONAL WRITTEN HERITAGE

29.03.2025Hrant OhanyanEvents

The Director of Matenadaran, Ara Khzmalyan, recently met in Geneva with Charles Personnaz, the Director of the French National Institute of Heritage, and Valerie Frelan, the Executive Director of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Zones (ALIF). During the meeting, Charles Personnaz handed in an official invitation for Matenadaran restoration specialists

A MEETING DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE AT THE ARMENIAN HOUSE IN GENEVA, ATTENDED BY ARA KHZMALYAN, THE DIRECTOR OF MATENADARAN, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY

28.03.2025Hrant OhanyanVisits

On March 26, 2025, a meeting discussion took place at the Armenian House in Geneva, attended by Ara Khzmalyan, the Director of Matenadaran, and representatives from the Armenian community. During the meeting, the Director highlighted the various activities and programs being implemented by Matenadaran, specifically focusing on the “Homecoming of Manuscripts” campaign. He encouraged participation

VISIT TO LEADING MUSEUMS IN GENEVA

27.03.2025Hrant OhanyanVisits

On March 27, Ara Khzmalyan, the Director of Matenadaran, met Jacques Berchtold, the Director of the Martin Bodmer Foundation, accompanied by Hasmik Tolmajyan, the RA Ambassador to Switzerland. They discussed various topics of mutual interest, particularly in publishing and exhibition activities. During the meeting, Khzmalyan invited Jacques Berchtold to visit Matenadaran to explore the collections

RESEARCHERS FROM MATENADARAN ARE CURRENTLY DELIVERING PRESENTATIONS IN HAMBURG

26.03.2025Hrant OhanyanEvents

As part of the international conference titled “Manuscript Culture in the Caucasus” taking place on March 24-26, today, Aram Topchyan, the Head of the Department of Philology and the Study of Secular Literature at Matenadaran, presented on “Etymological corrections in the Greek text and Armenian translation of the “History of Alexander” based on two Armenian

MATENADARAN DELEGATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG

25.03.2025Hrant OhanyanEvents

At the invitation of Professor Jost Gippert from the University of Hamburg, employees from Matenadaran—Aram Topchyan, Gohar Muradyan, Gurgen Gasparyan, David Ghazaryan, Ara Gasparyan, and Sona Baloyan—are participating in the international conference titled “Manuscript Culture in the Caucasus,” organized by the Center for the Study of Manuscript Culture from March 24 to 26. The meeting

A SPECIAL EXHIBITION AT MATENADARAN։ MARCH 10-APRIL 10 HIDDEN MANUSCRIPTS: THE SHURISKHAN GOSPEL MIRACULOUS MANUSCRIPT

01.03.2025Hrant OhanyanAnnouncements

According to tradition, the Shuriskhan Gospel, also known as the “Grandfather,” “Red Gospel,” and “Saint Basil of Caesarea,” was written in 1498 in the village of Aspisnak, located in the Kajberunik province of Van. The commissioner of this work was Prince Turuand, while the scribe was Priest Barsegh. During the Armenian exodus in 1603-1604, the

“HEARTS LIKE OUR HEARTS”: ARMENIAN AND ASSYRIAN COOPERATION AND COHABITATION IN IRAN’S URMIA REGION

27.02.2025Hrant OhanyanAnnouncements

4 March 2025, at 14:30, at the Virtual Hall of the Matenadaran there will be held a lecture entitled “Hearts like our Hearts”: Armenian and Assyrian Cooperation and Cohabitation in Iran’s Urmia Region.Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Al-Jeloo, is an independent scholar and researcher, based at Ankawa, Iraq. He holds a PhD in Syriac Studies, BA in