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    "ARMENIANS: ANCIENT CHRISTIANS IN A YOUNG COUNTRY" EXHIBITION OPENED AT LEIDEN UNIVERSITY

    news.am
    May 7 2010
    Armenia

    The exhibition "Armenians: Ancient Christians in a young country"
    has been opened at Leiden University on the 350th anniversary of the
    first Armenian book printed in Amsterdam.

    The exhibition has been organized by Prof. J.J.S. Weitenberg, and Dr.

    Arnoud Vrolijk, Curator Oriental Collections at Leiden University.

    Attending the opening ceremony were university staff, students and
    representatives of the Armenian community.

    Guided by colorful illustrated materials, from 10th century manuscript
    to contemporary dictionary, you can learn about a part of Armenian
    history. The exhibition narrates for example about the discovery of
    the Armenian language by European scholars and about the Armenian
    Diaspora in Europe from the perspective of printing activity in
    Amsterdam and Venice.

    British Biblical scholar James Rendel Harris, who received an honorary
    doctorate from Leiden University a century ago, spent six months in
    Turkey in 1896, organizing relief work for the Armenian victims of
    Turkish pogroms. He collected dozens of Armenian manuscripts which
    he donated to Leiden University in 1906.

    The exhibition will last until July 31.
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