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Armenian Bible
Armenian Bible
BIB.004989
Bible - Printed Book
1860
Venice, (Italy)
Armenian
Printed on Paper
10.6 × 8.2 × 2.7 in. (27 × 21 × 7 cm)
Not on View
This critical edition of the Armenian Bible was printed in 1860 by Arsen Bagratuni. The Bible was printed on the Mekhitarist printing press in Venice and includes engravings in the style of Charles Doré. Italy was one of the first countries the new printing press technology spread to outside of Germany, and Armenian was one of the earliest languages printed. By the mid-1800s, Venice was the main producer of printed Armenian books. The Armenian Catholic Mekhitarist Congregation, located on the island of San Lazzaro, has one of the largest collections of Armenian manuscripts in the world to this day.
Printed in 1860 by Arsen Bagratuni in Venice, Italy. Acquired by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia); Gifted on January 9, 2019 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.[1]
Notes: [1] Gifted by his representative, Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan (1947–present), Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America. The Bible does not contain a dedicatory inscription, so it is unclear if the Bible belonged to Aram I, Archbishop Oshagan, or, perhaps, the seminary in Antelias, Lebanon.
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