On October 18, 2023, with an exclusive exhibition, Mashtots Matenadaran will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Armenian national artist and sculptor Ghukas Chubaryan.Thirty sculptures from the National Gallery of Armenia and the Chubaryan family’s collections will be exhibited.Ghukas Chubaryan, a renowned Armenian artist and sculptor, was born in 1923 to the family
2023 marks the 100th anniversary of Babken Chookaszyan, a prominent Armenian scholar, orientalist, deputy director of the Matenadaran (1965-1994). In honor of this occasion, an international medieval conference will be held at the Matenadaran on November 17-18, 2023. The thematic areas of the conference are: Oriental studiesLiteratureLinguisticsHistoriographyEthnographyCodicologyArt history The working languages of the conference are
For her long-term dedicated work and professional merit, Stella Vardanyan, a senior researcher at the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts and long-time head of the Department of History of Medicine and Natural Sciences, doctor-philologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor Stella Vardanyan was awarded with the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Education, Science,
Visit of the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Romano Prodi and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy to the Republic of Armenia Alfonso Di Rizzo to the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. Director of Matenadaran Ara Khzmalyan hosted the former Prime Minister of Italy, President of the
Mr. Ara Khzmalyan, Director of the Matenadaran, hosted Nora Arissian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Republic of Armenia. During the meeting, Mrs. Arissian congratulated Mr. Khzmalyan on his election as the director of the Matenadaran and discussed potential cooperation between the Matenadaran and cultural and academic institutions in Syria.
This volume of “the Bulletin of Matenadaran” contains articles on literature, history, ethnography, philology, archeology and art. The studies are particularly dedicated to the history of the formation of the manuscript collections of the Matenadaran, the Armenian medieval literature and epic, the history of everyday life, paleography, miniature painting, and archaeological excavations. The periodical is
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
Irving Finkel toured the Matenadaran Museum, got acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibitions. He was greatly impressed by the rich manuscript heritage of the Matenadaran, especially the variety of foreign language collections, as well as the thorough presentation of the museum exhibit. Professor Finkel is in Armenia at the invitation of “Erebuni” Historical and
The Index of Armenian Manuscripts is an online bibliographic list of Armenian manuscripts available online in different digital libraries worldwide. The items are listed alphabetically according to their location. The principal data on the manuscripts (shelf label, material, time, number of folios, volume, and content) are taken from the relevant manuscript catalogues. By clicking on
Dr. Gohar Muradyan, Head of the Department of Translated Literature, has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the academic journal Banber Matenadarani (The Bulletin of Matenadaran). Dr. Aram Topchyan, Head of the Department of Medieval Armenian Literature and Philology, has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the foreign-language academic journal Matenadaran: Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies.
