Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia
“Matenadaran” means a “book-depository” in ancient Armenian. Indeed, Matenadaran is the pride of Armenian culture, the world’s largest storage of ancient manuscripts. It towers over Mesrop Mashtots Prospect in the centre of Yerevan. It was created on the basis of the collection of manuscripts, nationalized in 1920, belonging to Echmiadzin Monaster. The chronological sequence of the exhibits arrangement represents the national writing culture from the very beginning to the 19 th century.
Open on March 1st, 1959 Matenadaran is in fact a scientific research institute of ancient manuscripts which stores more than 17 thousand ancient manuscripts and more than 100 thousand ancient archival documents. Along with 13 thousand Armenian manuscripts there are more than 2000 manuscripts in Russian, Hebrew, Latin, Arabian, Syrian, Greek, Japanese, Persian and other languages.
Epic Armenia Culture & Adventure Route © Monika Newbound
Own or work here?