Get ready because this sounds like a great exhibition.
“Located at the Library of Congress across from the United States Capitol, the exhibition will display 50 items from the Library’s Armenian language collections held by the Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division and in other custodial divisions tochart not only the birth of Armenian publishing but also the continuity and expansion of its literary tradition in the land of the Armenians and in its far-reaching ancient Diaspora.”
- Asbarez
In April 2012, the Library of Congress will open an exhibition in commemoration of the 500thanniversary of the first printed Armenian book and the first printing press dedicated to the publication of works in the Armenian script [Urbatagirk, The Book of Fridays, printed by Hakob Meghapart in Venice, Italy]. The exhibition will also celebrate the designation by UNESCO of Yerevan, as the Book Capital of the World, 2012.
The first page of the first printed Armenian Bible,
known as Oskan Bible in 1666
Credit: Asbarez.com
