Voskan Yerevantsi
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Book of Exodus, (Bible), edited by Oskan Yrevantsi, Amsterdam Tparan St. Ejmiatsin and St. Sargis the General, 1666.
Voskan Yerevantsi (b. 1614 - d. 1674; Armenian: Ոսկան Երեւանցի), was one of the first Armenian book publishers during the years 1640-1666. He published the Bible in Amsterdam on October 13, 1668,[1] which is believed to be one of the best samples of old Armenian printing.
Biography[]
Voskan Yerevantsi was born in 1614 in New Julfa (Nor Jugha), the son of parents who had been deported from Yerevan in 1604-1605 during the relocation ordered by Shah Abbas I of Persia.
References[]
- ^ Hacikyan; et al. (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times. Wayne State University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0814332214.
(...) but at long last the Armenian Bible saw the light on October 13, 1668.
- Armenology Research National Center: THE ARMENIAN BOOK 1512-1920
- Garegin Levonyan, The Armenian Book And The Printing Art, Yerevan, 1946.
- Knarik Korkotyan, The Armenian Printed Book In Constantinople, Yerevan, 1964
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