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    The Matenadaran (Armenian: Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and...
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    of metal oxides and an extremely stylized portrayal of the world. The Matenadaran Institute in Yerevan has the largest collection of Armenian manuscripts...
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    Roslin made of basalt was erected in 1967 in front of the entrance of Matenadaran. The statue was designed by Mark Grigoryan and sculpted by Arsham Shahinyan...
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    historian and philologist. He served as the director of the Mashtots Matenadaran from 1954 until his death. He specialized in medieval Armenian history...
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    The Echmiadzin Gospels (Yerevan, Matenadaran, MS. 2374, formerly Etchmiadzin Ms. 229) is a 10th-century Armenian Gospel Book produced in 989 at the Monastery...
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    Matenadaran, manuscript no. 346, p., 280a. Armenian musician with saz in hand from Ancient Armenia...
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    Armenia and shares a building with the History Museum of Armenia, and the Matenadaran contains one of the largest depositories of ancient books and manuscripts...
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    of Karabakh Armenians regardless their religiosity. A branch of the Matenadaran, the Yerevan-based museum and research institute of manuscripts, was...
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    A Haysmavurk (Synaxarion) in Armenian restored and kept in Matenadaran...
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    rediscovery in 1937 by a Georgian scholar, Professor Ilia Abuladze, in Matenadaran MS No. 7117, a manual from the 15th century. This manual presents different...
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