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Illustrations of Armenian warriors
Armenian musketeer from Karabakh, source: F.Brockhaus Bilder Conversations Lexikon, Leipzig 1837 Aghasi articles (Wounds of Armenia novel illustrations) Grigor Khanjian Sepuh (1926 – 2000) A. Oath...
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Armenian manuscript – 1714
Manuscript of the Mystery Book or Divine Liturgy, 1714. Copied by the scribe Eghiay Marzvantsi in Marzvan, a small village in historical Armenia Minor.
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Authograph of Leo II King of Cilician Armenia (1236 – 1289)
Genuine authograph of Leo II King of Armenia
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Illustrations of Armenian women
Armenian lady of Isfahan (1850 from the European lithography, by Janeta Lanzh (publication, Eugéne Flanding) Armenian lady of Constantinople (1850 from the European lithography, by Janeta Lanzh...
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Old Armenian printing blocks
Armenian printing blocks – 17th century (The British Library) Armenian printing blocks – 17th century (The British Library) Armenian printing blocks – 1652, Constantinople (The British Library)...
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About Armenians: The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, London – 1751
The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, London, 1751 The Armenians are civil and polite, and have a great deal of good sense and honesty: they apply themselves very much to trade, which they...
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Genealogical tree of Noah (1749)
This image was used in a magzine, published in London, where Armenia is presented as the birthplace of humanity after the great flood. The Tower of Babel rising on the left with workmen ascending its...
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Armenian Kings in medieval European manuscripts
Click on the images to enlarge! The King of Armenia having an audience with Richard II at Westminster (book 5, chapter 7). – Jehan de Wavrin, Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d’Angleterre (c 1470-c...
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Leonardo da Vinci’s recording of Armenian Highlands
Page from Codex Atlanticus by Leonardo da Vinci (folio 393 recto). Above right is a map of Armenia; in the center, map with rocky peak of Armenia; below, gravity and impact of falling of heavy body. –...
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Worlds shortest poem
This poem was written by Aram Saroyan, an Armenian-American poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright. Saroyan’s four-legged “m” has been cited in the Guinness Book of Records as the...
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General Mushegh (4th century)
On the efforts of General Mushegh for the return of Armenian land to Arsacid rule from Persians and various rebels. “But the brave general sparapet (commander-in-chief) of Armenia was full of...
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Noah´s ark in the Mountains of Armenia
Depiction of Noah’s ark landing on the mountains of Armenia, from the North French Hebrew Miscellany (13th century) The Book of Genesis speaks of mountains of Ararat where Noah’s Ark came to rest after...
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Armenian Prayer Scroll – 1655
Armenian Prayer Scroll or Amulet with St. Sargis on horseback, Constantinople, 1655.
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Ancestors of Christ – Toros Roslin 1262
Ancestors of Christ, Armenian manuscript (Toros Roslin 1262)
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Armenian alphabet in the 1486 German travelogue
The Armenian alphabet in the 1486 German travelogue “Peregrinatio in terram sanctam.”, the alphabet is missing the letter “o.”
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Saint Mesrop Mashtots
One of the greatest figures in Armenian history, he was born about 361 at Hassik in the Province of Taron; died at Valarsabad, 441. He was the son of Vartan of the family of the Mamikonians. Koryun,...
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Fred Africkian –‘The Art of Letter-Type’ (1984)
Interesting examples of Armenian fonts from Fred’s book ‘The art of letter type’ published in 1984
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Birthday Feast of King of Armenia
Birthday Feast of Nubien, King of Armenia, from ‘Le Conte de Meliacin’ by Girardin d’Amiens. French Gothic, 13th century manuscript. Original title: “Festin chez Nubien, roi d’Armenie, le jour de son...
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