PRESENTATION OF ALBUM OF ARMENIAN PALEOGRAPHY IN HOLY SEE
By Ruzan Poghosian
AZG Armenian Daily
18/10/2006
Press service of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin informs that on Holy
Translators Day (Targmanchats ton) on October 14 the presentation
of "The Album of Armenian Paleography" took place at the Hall of
Ceremonies that was honored by His Holiness Karekin II. The album
co-authored by Michael Stone, Tigran Guyumjian and Henning Lehman
was first published by Danish Aarhus University Press in 2002. Under
the supervision of the Catholicos of All Armenians and sponsored by
Dolores Zohrap Libman Foundation, the Armenian version of the album has
seen the light this year. The book was translated and edited by Azat
Bozoyan, director of "Karekin I" Center for Armenology and Theology,
scholars of Matenadaran, Aram Topchian and Gohar Muradian. The album
was printed at "Tigran Mets" publishing house and is no inferior to
the English version.
The presentation was attended by members of the Supreme Spiritual
Council, album contributors, professors of Gevorgian seminary,
scientists and art workers. Tigran Guyumjian, co-author and head
of the Department of Armenian Studies at the Fresno University,
presented the process of album’s creation in brief emphasizing the
Catholicos’s contribution.
The Chamber Orchestra of Armenia closed the event with the sounds of
Bach, Komitas, Piazzolla and Babajanian.