The Heritage

By visiting the corresponding pages of this Web site, you can obtain all the material information on the treasury, which encompasses different spheres of science and elucidates a wide range of diverse issues. Moreover, you will be provided with the opportunity to get familiarized with the ways and methods of preservation of the documentary heritage. Click on links on the left to choose the scientific area.

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  • History

    Works devoted to the history of Armenia and other countries.


    2007-01-25

  • Geography

    Information about Armenia, neighboring and far away countries, their population, economy and political life.


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  • Literature

    The origin of Armenian sacred poetry is related with the name of Mesrop Mashtots; many of his sharakans (sacred hymns) have been preserved.


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  • Translations

    Translations made acquainted Armenian people with the most important foreign antic and medieval works.


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  • Grammar

    First grammatical works were written in Armenia in the 5th century.


    2007-01-25

  • Philosophy

    The Matenadaran keeps philosophical treatises of more than thirty medieval Armenian philosophers.


    2007-01-25

  • History of Miniature Painting - The Art of Illumination

    The most ancient Armenian miniatures date back to the 6th century.


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  • Performing Arts - Music and Theatre

    Armenian music has its roots in the Pagan period. Sacred music appeared in the 4th century.


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  • Law

    The Armenian bibliography is rich in manuscripts on church and mundane law that regulated the church and political life of medieval Armenia.


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  • Medicine

    The Armenian medical institutions and the famous Armenian physicians are being mentioned in the Armenian and foreign sources beginning from the 5th century. 


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  • Mathematics and Astronomy

    Arithmetics of Anania Shirakatsi, a well - known scholar of the 7th century, stands out among the works on exact sciences. 


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  • Chemistry and Alchemy

    Texts on chemistry and alchemy are of importance among the Matenadaran manuscripts - About Substance and Type by Hovhannes Yerzenkatsi (1283), the anonymous Methods of Smelting Gold (16th century), a herbal pharmacopoeia, etc. It is interesting to note, that in the last work the diagrams of the plants are accompanied with their Persian names, in order to eliminate confusion during preparation.


    2007-01-25

  • Sourses

    The study of sources includes the knowledge of various disciplines: hagiography, archaeology, paleography, ethnography, numismatics, epigraphy, sigillography, heraldry, chronology, diplomacy, metrology, historical geography and others.

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  • Bibliography

    In Armenia attempts to edit bibliographies date back to the Middle Ages. To fully appreciate the bibliographical work accomplished in the Matenadaran one must take into consideration the three following phenomena:

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  • Teology

    It is impossible to imagine the Armenian medieval literature without theology. Its spirit penetrated almost all spheres of Armenian science and culture.

    2007-03-22