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Հայկական բարեգործական ընդհանուր միութեան հիմնադրման հանգամանքները
(2010) Սամուէլ Պօղոսեան
Founding a strong pan-national organization with a cultural, philanthropic, and non-partisan orientation was a topic of serious and extensive discussion among Armenian activists in the early twentieth century.
This idea was implemented by Boghos Nubar Pasha of Egypt. Nubar was convinced that piecemeal fundraising and individual help was not enough to alleviate the dire conditions of the Armenians due to continual massacres and killings in the Ottoman Empire all the beginning of the 20th Century.
Against the backdrop of various attempts at establishing a pan-Armenian philantropic, a-political, and non-partisan organization, the author highlights certain factors that turned Nubar's brainchild into a success, unlike its various predecessors, which were limited constrained within the boundaries of single states, and did not have an untouchable fund.
The author also notes that Nubar's authority was a guarantee of the success of the project as he gave credit and weight to the organization. The news was welcomed by both the native Armenians of the Ottoman Empire and those who resided beyond its borders.
The author notes that the founding of the AGBU happened at the right time. It had a huge impact on the cultural, educational and economic improvement of Armenians worldwide.
Հալէպի գանձատան սրբազան մասունքներն ու մասնատուփերը
(2010) Վարդի Քէշիշեան
The author sheds light on 13 relics and sacred vases which were salvaged and safeguarded in the Churches of Holy Forty Martyrs' (Serpots Karasnits Mangants) and St. Mary (Sourp Asdvadzadzin) of Aleppo and now constitute a precious part of the Zarehian Treasure House (Zarehian Kantsadoun) of Aleppo.
Keshishian assesses the historical, ecclesiastical and cultural value of these items in the context of the history of the Armenians of Aleppo, the Christian conceptualisation of saints and sanctity, and the reverence and worshipping that exists among Christians towards these sacred relics.
Among the items described are holy hands, crosses of different shapes and sizes, decorative ornaments of the altar and sacred boxes. The author details their inscriptions and motifs and traces their origins.
This collection presents different schools and styles of Armenian silversmithing and includes remarkable samples that extend from the 17th to 20th century. Though most items were produced in Aleppo, items of other Armenian-inhabited areas are abundant too. They raise unique interest since they represent different regions of Western Armenia and Cilicia.
In fact, the most significant part of the collection is the objects that belonged to the churches of Western Armenia and Cilicia which were rescued and brought to Aleppo by the Armenian genocide survivors with great sacrifice. Each of these items bears testimony to the ruined and deserted Armenian churches in Western Armenia and Cilicia.
Equally important are the relics produced in Aleppo as they represent high quality samples of Armenian silversmith artisans of Aleppo. The traditions of Armenian silversmith artisans were continued in Aleppo and further developed and enriched with new content and style thanks to the Aleppine Armenian artisans who transformed this artisanry into an art.
Սէյդաբադի Հայոց եկեղեցին եւ նշանաւոր մի քանի գերեզմանները
(2010) Տիգրան սրկ. Բաղումեան
The State of Bengal has had a unique meaning in the life of Armenians in India, who started to live there in the early 17th century before the British. By the mid-18th century, Armenians had become a very active merchant community in Bengal. At first they settled at Saidabad, a suburb of Murshidabad, and in 1665, by virtue of a royal Farman issued by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707), they were granted a plot of land and were permitted to form a settlement.
In 1758 the Armenians built a church dedicated to St. Mary with money donated by Khoja Petros Arrathoon, a famous Armenian merchant and benefactor of the time.
The author reflects on the history of the Armenian Church and community of Saidabad, on the Armenian cemetery and quotes the lost inscription of the founding of the Church.
The author notes that Armenian tradesmen, clergymen and representatives of the community are buried in the Saidabad Church cemetery. The inscriptions of the gravestones of Mnatsakan Vardan, one of the founders of the Hayots Martasiragan Djemaran, of his wife Elizabeth and of three clergymen buried there are particularyl mentioned.
The article gives an account of the last caretakers of this Armenian Church, Matheos and Mary Carapiet, and their generous activities to preserve the church and the Armenian spirit as well as the legendary stories told about Matheos by the locals.
Լեւոն Ա. Թագաւորին քառորդ երկդրամներն ու բիլլոնները
(2010) Եղիա Ներսէսեան
Quarter double trams and billions are the rarest coins issued by King Levon I (1198-1219). The quarter double tram is a part of one-lion series of coins, which was issued at the beginning of his royal reign. His billions, both with Armenian legend and Latin legend, were struck for circulation within the principality of Crusader Antioch.
In 1962 Paul Z. Bedoukian catalogued three quarter double trams in his Coinage of Cilician Armenia. In the revised edition of this work, the census of quarter double trams remained the same. In the 1962, 1963, and 1979 editions of CCA, only the weight of one quarter double tram is reported. In 1979, in the revised edition of CCA, Bedoukian catalogued two Armenian-inscribed billions and five Latin-inscribed billions.
Since then, the number of quarter double trams has increased to five, the number of Armenian-inscribed billions of three, and the number of Latin-inscribed billions to six. There are photographs of only four of the known quarter double trams, which were struck with two observe dies and two reverse dies. The three Armenian-inscribed billions used the same observe die but the reverses were struck with three different dies. The six Latin-inscribed billions can be classified according to three different variations of the legend; they were struck with six different observe dies and six different reverse dies.
Numismatists have carried out some experiments and calculated the number of coins that can be struck with ancient and medieval dies. If we use the lowest figure, 2,000 coins for one observe die, then they struck 4,000 quarter double trams, 2,000 billions with Armenian inscription, and 12,000 billions with Latin inscription.
The survival rate quarter double trams may have been 0,1% of the billions with Armenian legend, and 0.05% of the billions with Latin legend. These figures give some idea of the very low survival rate of some of the rarest Cilician Armenian coins and the huge loss that the Armenians have sustained.
Four examples of quarter double trams have an average weight of 1.34 grams and a diameter of 17.65mm. Three examples of billions inscribed in Armenian have an average weight of 0.70 grams, and their diameter is 16.67 mm. There are six known billions inscribed in Latin; the average weight of four examples is 0.94 grams, and the diameter of 18.25mm.