Matenadaran

Mesrop Mashtots' Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia, is one of the richest depositories of manuscripts and books in the world.

Matenadaran Media

The statue of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet in front of the Matenadaran.
Most of the manuscripts that later became the core of the Matenadaran collection were kept, before nationalization, at this building at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Statues in front of the Matenadaran
The new building of the Matenadaran.
Definitions of Philosophy of David the Invincible (13th century)
Carved ivory binding, front cover in five sections of Echmiadzin Gospel, Virgin and Child with scenes from her life, 6th century
A commemorative Soviet coin dedicated to the Matenadaran, 1990.
A 1,000 dram banknote, in circulation from 1994 to 2004, depicting the Matenadaran and the statue of Mashtots.
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Armenia's first President (1991-98), was a senior researcher at the Matenadaran in the late 1980s.