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A 1962 statue of Mashtots (seated) and Koriun (kneeling) by Ghukas Chubaryan in front of the Matenadaran in Yerevan. Koriun (Old Armenian: Կորիւն; [a] also transliterated as Koriwn, Koryun, Coriun) was a fifth-century Armenian author and translator. He was the youngest student of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet.
The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the 1500th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet in 1912–13 [143] and the 1600th anniversary of the birth of Mashtots in 1961. [ 119 ] In May 1962 the 1600th anniversary of the birth of Mashtots was marked with "massive official celebrations" in Soviet Armenia , which had a "powerful impact on Armenian ...
Its collection has gradually expanded since its establishment, mostly from individual donations. One of the most prominent landmarks of Yerevan, it is named after Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet, whose statue stands in front of the building.
The Armenian alphabet was a tool to greater unify Armenians living in the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire, giving a Christian identity to the Armenian people. [26] The alphabet was the key to the survival of the Armenian culture and identity, providing the cohesive forces in society with a standard around which to rally. [27] In time ...
The Armenian script, along with the Georgian, was used by the poet Sayat-Nova in his Armenian poems. [26] An Armenian alphabet was an official script for the Kurdish language in 1921–1928 in Soviet Armenia. [27] The Armeno-Tats, who've historically spoken Tat, wrote their language in the Armenian alphabet. [28]
It was founded in 2005 on the 1600th anniversary of the invention of the Armenian alphabet. It features sculptures of the 39 letters of the Armenian alphabet and statues of notable Armenians, such as Mesrop Mashtots (the inventor of the alphabet), Armenia's national poet Hovhannes Tumanyan , Khachatur Abovian (father of modern Eastern Armenian ...
In front of the Nareg School there is the sandstone statue of monk, poet, mystical philosopher and theologian Saint Krikor Naregatsi (951–1003), the work of Armenian sculptor Levon Tokmadjian. It was unveiled on 24 March 1991 by Representative Aram Kalaydjian. Under the statue the following inscription is inscribed in Armenian:
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]