MATENADARAN HAS EXPANDED ITS VALUABLE COLLECTION OF RIBBON-SHAPED CHARMS

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

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

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

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CREATIVE REINTERPRETATION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SPIRITUAL VALUES

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

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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

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

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VALUABLE ADDITIONS TO MATENADRAN CONTINUE

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

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DONATION TO MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

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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DONATION BY MICHAEL STONE

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

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DONATION TO MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

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

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