Matenadaran

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The Matenadaran Institute building in Yerevan

Pointer to The Matenadaran Institute building in Yerevan

Mesrop Mashtots' Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia, is one of the richest depositories of manuscripts and books in the world.

The collection dates back to 405, when Saint Mesrop Mashtots created the Armenian alphabet. In 1920 the collection, held at the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church at Echmiatsin was confiscated by the Bolsheviks, combined with other collections and, in 1939, moved to Yerevan. On March 3, 1959 the Matenadaran Institute was formed to maintain and house the manuscripts and in 1962 it was named after Saint Mesrop Mashtots.

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[edit] Matenadaran collection

17000 manuscripts

[edit] History

The Matenadaran contains historical documents from all over Europe and Asia throughout many centuries. Most prominent is a treaty bearing the signature of Napoleon I of France.

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[edit] Philosophy

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[edit] Mathematics

The Matenadaran has a section dedicated to scientific and mathematical documents. For example one can find antique copies of Euclid's Elements.

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[edit] Alchemy

[edit] Illuminated manuscripts

2500 illuminated manuscripts
- Gospel of Malat'ya 1267-1268. Maternadaran Ms no. 10675
- Gospel of Princess K'eran 1265 By the Illumniation Artist Toros Roslin.
- Gospel Maternadaran Ms no. 7648 XIIITH CEN
- Maternadaran Gospel [1287] no. 197.
- Matendaran Illuminated Ms. Gospel of Lucas
- Chashots 1286. Matenadaran Ms no. 979