Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The inventor of the Armenian alphabet, Mesrop Mashtots, once lived in the monastery complex. The church of the monastery was a small domed structure consisting of a hall, main apse, and two vestries, with Armenian inscriptions on the interior. Four pillars supported a large cupola with eight windows, adjacent to which was a small bell tower. [2 ...
A monument depicting the original 36 letters of the Armenian alphabet, as created by Mashtots, in the erkatagir style, was erected near the entrance to the grave of Mashtots. It was designed by Baghdasar Arzoumanian. [28] The floor of the church was covered with basalt tiles. [24]
The Matenadaran (Armenian: Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, [a] is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia.
The creation of the Armenian alphabet brought a last moment of glory to the Arsacids [23] and Vramshapuh sent Sahak to the Sasanian court in Persia to conciliate over the creation of the alphabet. [24] Vramshapuh became interested in the project and he was materially and morally the literacy project's great patron. [25]
Armenian palaeography is a branch of palaeography [1] [2] that examines the historical development of Armenian script forms and lettering. It also encompasses a description of the evolution of Armenian writing. [3] The Armenian alphabet was devised in 405 in the cities of Edessa and Samsat by the scholar-monk Mesrop Mashtots. [4]
The building features a special spatial and architectural style, the principle of uniqueness of early and medieval Armenian architecture received a new interpretation and quality and was established as the "Tamanyan style". The library's main building has gained the status of a historical and cultural architectural monument.
A ‘very unique’ idea for Old Armenian Town. The council’s decision is binding, and construction on Hye Court Project is scheduled to begin within 90 days.
The Armenian alphabet (Armenian: Հայոց գրեր, Hayocʼ grer or Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayocʼ aybuben) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages.