LEIDEN UNIVERSITY HOSTS "ARMENIANS: ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY IN A YOUNG COUNTRY" EXHIBIT

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 7, 2010 – 14:10 AMT 09:10 GMT

"Armenians: Ancient Christianity in a Young Country" exhibit opened
in Leiden University (Netherlands) on May 6, 2010.

The exhibit dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Armenian book
printing in Amsterdam will feature Armenian manuscripts and printings,
including an 11th century parchment. The University possesses 56
manuscripts, 57 of which were conveyed during a massacre in Cilicia
to Englishman Rendel Harris, who later on became the rector of Leiden
University.

"Creation of Armenian letters in the 5th century was a stimulus
for development of Armenian culture and spread of Christianity,"
Armenia’s honorary consul in the Hague Arshak Manukian said in his
opening remarks.

The exhibit will be open till July 31.