- MATENADARAN IS CONDUCTING A ONE-WEEK COURSE AT THE CENTER FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS IN ERBILMesrop Mashtots Matenadaran is conducting a one-week course in cooperation with the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO at the Center for the Digitization of Oriental Manuscripts in Erbil. The course aims to continue the mission of preserving and restoring written heritage in different parts of the world. During the course, two restoration specialists
- AN ARMENIAN-IRANIAN CONFERENCE ENTITLED “POETRY OF IMAGE” WILL BE HELD IN MATENADARAN ON MARCH 21-22During the visit of the delegation led by the director of Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran to the Islamic Republic of Iran from January 26-31 this year, there were productive discussions with the heads of Iran’s massive manuscript and scientific centres. As a result of the agreements reached, an Armenian-Iranian conference entitled “Poetry of Image” will be
- HARUTYUN HAZARYAN, AN AMERICAN-ARMENIAN CULTURAL FIGURE, IS KNOWN FOR DONATING AROUND 400 MANUSCRIPTS TO MATENADARANThe movement of repatriation of relics of Armenian culture is inextricably linked with the name of New York resident Harutyun Hazaryan. Hazaryan began collecting fragments of Armenian culture around the world following the Great Genocide on the advice of Archbishop Garegin Hovsepyan in the 1920s. He believed that the best place for the scattered values
- ANOUSH APRESYAN, SENIOR RESEARCHER ATTENDED THE 21ST ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM IN ARMENIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of the University of California organized the conference to bring together scientists, researchers, and post-graduate students from different countries to present studies on various fields of Armenian studies such as language, literature, history, anthropology and art history. During the conference, Anoush Apresyan presented a report titled “The
- GOSPEL OF THE VILLAGE MZUKThe collection of the Mashtots Matenadaran has been replenished with another Gospel copied by elder priest Hovhannes. The manuscript was written in 1454, in the village of Mzuk, Motkan district of Sassoon, Bagesh (Bitlis) province, which was the center of Armenian writing culture in the Middle Ages. The name of the illuminator is unknown. The
- ON MARCH 3, 1959, THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ARMENIAN SSR GRANTED MATENADARAN THE STATUS OF A RESEARCH INSTITUTESixty-five years ago, on March 3, 1959, the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR granted Matenadaran the status of a research institute. Matenadaran was a state repository of ancient manuscripts, and with this decision, its main activities were officially established and remain unchanged to this day. These activities include conservation and restoration of manuscript
- AN EXHIBITION TITLED “CHERISHED NAMES. HOMECOMING OF MANUSCRIPTS” WAS HELD IN MATENADARANAn exhibition titled “Cherished Names. Homecoming of Manuscripts” was held in Matenadaran, featuring exclusive collections of manuscripts, archival materials, and old printed books donated by significant donors.The return of a valuable manuscript concluded the day. The collection of Mashtots Matendaran was enriched by the addition of the Gospel, copied by the Presbyter Hovhannes, donated to
- “CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ARTSAKH: ARMENIAN HISTORY AND ITS TRACES IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH” HAS BEEN PUBLISHEDA collection titled “Cultural Heritage of Artsakh: Armenian history and its traces in Nagorno-Karabakh” has been recently published by the publishing house of Kiel University in Germany (Editors: Andreas Muller, Harutyun G. Harutyunyan, Dagmar Heller, Martin Tamcke). The collection is a result of an international conference with the same name that was organized by the