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"TYPOGRAPHIC ART AND ENCHANTING ILLUSTRATIONS" EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN GERMANY ON OCCASION OF 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN LETTERPRESS PRINTING
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Friday, December 7, 11:12
On Friday, December 7th, 2012, at 06:30 p.m., the Gutenberg-Museum
will inaugurate the special exhibition "Schriftkunst und Bilderzauber"
[Typographic Art and Enchanting Illustrations] on the occasion of the
500th anniversary of Armenian letterpress printing. Tigran Sargsyan,
Prime Minister of Armenia, Hasmik Poghosyan, Culture Minister of
Armenia, and Kurt Beck, Minister- President of Rhineland-Palatinate
will attend the exhibition opening, the Armenian Foreign Ministry
reports.
In 1512, the first Armenian book was printed. The Gutenberg-Museum
uses the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Armenian letterpress
printing to provide an insight into the history of Armenian printing.
It will present several highlights of the Armenian art of printing,
which have not been shown in Germany before.
Another highlight of the exhibition is the first printed Armenian Bible
(Amsterdam 1666) which was loaned out by the National Library of the
Republic of Armenia and is shown here in Germany for the first time.
There will be a selection of Armenian prints from different parts of
the world due to the fact that it was not until 1772 that a print shop
could be established in Edschmiatzin in Armenia. In addition to that,
Armenian manuscripts of the 13th to the 17th centuries, which are
famous for their beauty, will demonstrate that there is a continuity
existing between the elaborate Armenian tradition of manuscripts and
book printing. They show a style which has been largely affected
by a mutual penetration of Christian influences and those of the
(Greater) Middle East. The facsimile edition of the world-famous
"Codex Edschmiatzin" of the 10th century will be presented as a
"hands-on" exhibit.
As a last point, the exhibition will take a look at the scientific
examination of Armenia in Germany since its first recorded descriptions
of the 15th century. So, for instance, the travel report by the
Mainz canon Bernhard von Breydenbach "Peregrinatio in terram sanctam"
(1486) contains the first Armenian alphabet printed from a woodblock.
The exhibition in Mainz is based on an exhibition of the same title
which was shown at the Kunstforum Halle (April/May 2012). However,
the exhibition in Mainz has its own foci and will present further
milestones of the Armenian history of printing, the Museum website
reports.
arminfo
Friday, December 7, 11:12
On Friday, December 7th, 2012, at 06:30 p.m., the Gutenberg-Museum
will inaugurate the special exhibition "Schriftkunst und Bilderzauber"
[Typographic Art and Enchanting Illustrations] on the occasion of the
500th anniversary of Armenian letterpress printing. Tigran Sargsyan,
Prime Minister of Armenia, Hasmik Poghosyan, Culture Minister of
Armenia, and Kurt Beck, Minister- President of Rhineland-Palatinate
will attend the exhibition opening, the Armenian Foreign Ministry
reports.
In 1512, the first Armenian book was printed. The Gutenberg-Museum
uses the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Armenian letterpress
printing to provide an insight into the history of Armenian printing.
It will present several highlights of the Armenian art of printing,
which have not been shown in Germany before.
Another highlight of the exhibition is the first printed Armenian Bible
(Amsterdam 1666) which was loaned out by the National Library of the
Republic of Armenia and is shown here in Germany for the first time.
There will be a selection of Armenian prints from different parts of
the world due to the fact that it was not until 1772 that a print shop
could be established in Edschmiatzin in Armenia. In addition to that,
Armenian manuscripts of the 13th to the 17th centuries, which are
famous for their beauty, will demonstrate that there is a continuity
existing between the elaborate Armenian tradition of manuscripts and
book printing. They show a style which has been largely affected
by a mutual penetration of Christian influences and those of the
(Greater) Middle East. The facsimile edition of the world-famous
"Codex Edschmiatzin" of the 10th century will be presented as a
"hands-on" exhibit.
As a last point, the exhibition will take a look at the scientific
examination of Armenia in Germany since its first recorded descriptions
of the 15th century. So, for instance, the travel report by the
Mainz canon Bernhard von Breydenbach "Peregrinatio in terram sanctam"
(1486) contains the first Armenian alphabet printed from a woodblock.
The exhibition in Mainz is based on an exhibition of the same title
which was shown at the Kunstforum Halle (April/May 2012). However,
the exhibition in Mainz has its own foci and will present further
milestones of the Armenian history of printing, the Museum website
reports.