Donations – Matenadaran

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

THE MATENADARAN LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED NEW ADDITIONS

16.01.2025Hrant OhanyanDonations

Sergey Gevorgyan, a survivor of the Adana genocide, donated two ribbon-shaped charms along with a book of David’s psalms from 1857 to the Matenadaran. These written items will be transferred to the restoration department for repair.

THE STUDENTS OF YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DONATED TO THE MESROP MASHTOTS MATENADARAN A MANUSCRIPT

15.11.2024Hrant OhanyanDonations

The students of Yerevan State Medical University, one of the most prestigious and progressive universities in Armenia, donated to the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran a manuscript titled “Beneficial Medicine,” created by the 15th-century naturalist, physician, chronicler, and lexicographer Amirdovlat Amasiatsi. This manuscript was copied 300 years ago. Ara Khzmalyan, the director of Matenadaran, expressed his and

CREATIVE REINTERPRETATION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SPIRITUAL VALUES

30.10.2024Hrant OhanyanDonations

Sculptor Raffi Yedalian has donated his bronze sculpture of Hakob Meghapart to Matenadaran. This sculpture, created in 2012, commemorates the 500th anniversary of the first Armenian printed book, “Urbatagirk” (“The Book of Friday”). Pope Benedict XVI performed the unveiling and blessing of the statue. The monument, titled “Hakob Meghapart,” is located in the Zmmar Congregation

GEORG P. HAKOBYAN, THE AUTHOR OF THE EXTENSIVE VOLUME “HISTORY OF ISTANBUL-ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS,” GENEROUSLY DONATED 21 PHOTOS AND THREE DOCUMENTS TO MATENADARAN FROM THE UNITED STATES

22.06.2024Hrant OhanyanDonations

Hakobyan’s volume, “History of Istanbul-Armenian Educational Life and Institutions,” results from twenty years of meticulous research on the history of Armenian schools in Istanbul. In this 5-part work, the author provides a historical overview, traces the origins of the educational movement of Armenians in Istanbul from 1790 to 1923, and presents statistics on all schools

RAFAEL MARKOSYAN, A RENOWNED DONOR OF THE MATENADARAN

04.04.2024Hrant OhanyanDonations

Rafael Markosyan, a Paris resident, was a renowned donor of Matenadaran. Before he died in 1922, he bequeathed a collection of 36 ancient scripts to Armenia. Markosyan’s collection is a testament to the rich culture of the Armenian people. It includes various items like the Gospel, Mashtots, the Calendar and Details, books of Ananaia Shirakatsi’s

VALUABLE ADDITIONS TO MATENADRAN CONTINUE

28.02.2024Hrant OhanyanDonations

As part of the official visit of the Matenadaran delegation to Lebanon, they received valuable contributions to their collection. Reverend Nshan and Maria Baggalians, pastors of the Armenian Evangelical Church, donated two valuable manuscripts and an old printed book to Matenadaran. The donors have been invited to visit Armenia in August of this year to

DONATION TO MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

08.09.2023Hrant OhanyanDonations

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

DONATION BY MICHAEL STONE

19.07.2023Hrant OhanyanDonations

Today prominent Armenologist Michael Stone from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is guest in Matenadaran. He has been studying Armenian manuscripts and finding new important texts for many years. Now he is here for the same purpose.During this visit Michael Stone presented to Matenadaran the original large negatives of the luxurious Album of Armenian Paleography

DONATION TO MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

02.07.2020Hrant OhanyanDonations

Businessman Muhammed Makki, who lives in the Republic of Armenia, today provided financial support to Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran for the implementation of publishing programs. Director of Matenadaran Vahan Ter-Ghevondian thanked the businessman for the donation, noting that such support is very important and timely, especially these days of the epidemy.In his speech, Mohammed Makki stressed