Msho Carakert Wajnnik, Armenian manuscript

Msho Carakert Wajnnik (the largest Armenian manuscript), in two parts 1910-1915.

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⚫️ Exclusive photo: Msho (the largest Armenian manuscript), in two parts, painted right in the Msho Arakelots Monastery (in front of two prominent crucifixes that do not exist now). It is published in the RAAs book “After the Genocide” (p. 334) taken from the devil of Smbat Ter-Avetisyan, the time is indicated approximately 1900-1910. However, the existence of the manuscript probably also specifies the year - 1915. At that time, the Turks looted the monastery, and the Germans tied up their division of the monastery. Among the property that was looted and shipped to Germany was also the famous sculptured door of the monastery. In the summer of 1916, in Bagesh (Bitlis), all this fell into the hands of Armenian volunteers and was handed over to the archaeologist Smbat Ter-Avetisyan, who was there to save Armenian antiquities.

Author of the article: Karen Matevosyan