MATENADARAN SAMPLES TO BE EXHIBIT IN BEIRUT

Tert.am
12:24 30.03.10

A collection of old Armenian manuscripts in Matenadaran, called
Institute of Old Collections after Mesrop Mashtots, is set to be
exhibit in a UNESCO hall in Beirut in the framework of a program
called Beirut World Book Capital and to be organized from April 1-3.

According to a release issued by the RA Ministry of Culture only the
copies of those manuscripts will be exhibit in Beirut.

Beirut is the ninth city designated as World Book Capital, after Madrid
(2001), Alexandria (2002), New Delhi (2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal
(2005), Turin (2006), Bogota (2007) and Amsterdam (2008).