#matenadaran

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Magnificent door in ARMENIA

[collectedinspirations]

"The Armenian Church of the Holy Apostles in Ani. A broken inscription tells of a donation by Abughamir Pahlavuni in 1031." https://t.co/g90QbFHmDk

Sadly, the Khachkars have been destroyed.

Note the Muqarnas, the "stalactites" hanging over the main entrance and in the dome. Muqarnas are often seen in Islamic architecture, but the Armenian Geghard, Noravank and Yeghvard churches also have muqarnas.

"when Mark Grigorian designed the Matenadaran in the 1940s, he took inspiration from this church for its façade" Source https://t.co/p8ZvCHtWtB

Images by: https://t.co/g90QbFHmDk and https://twitter.com/vardpatrik/status/1424793768805355529?s=19

[antovavy]

[paulpingminho]

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[julianworker]

Travel : Armenia - Yerevan - Matenadaran

The northern part of Yerevan has some outstanding sights, which should on no account be missed. The first place is called the Matenadaran displaying Armenian manuscripts of varying degrees of antiquity. This museum is almost the only place in Armenia where this quality of manuscript can be seen. Originally built in 1957, when only one room displayed roughly one percent of the 14,000 items in the…

Travel : Armenia - Yerevan - Matenadaran

[meeeeeggy]

fever dream

me and my mate participated in Matenadatan’s conference on ancient and medieval text back in november. that was the cookies event ever, I have never been to Armenia before and that was the greatest opportunity to visit my motherland 🩶🌱

[soyarmenio]

El profesor Yasmin Dum-Tragut, un armenólogo y médico equino austriaco, está liderando un estudio sobre la medicina medieval, incluida la medicina equina armenia en base a libros armenios del Siglo XIII que se encuentran en el repositorio del Matenadaran.