Համառօտ ակնարկ Նոր Ջուղայի հին տների վրայ
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1997
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Though John Carswel and Karapet Karapetian have presented some of the ancient mansions of New Julfa in there respective works on the architecture, painting, art and decoration, and history there of, the author of the article given here tries to present twelve of them, namely the princely mansions of Davitentz, Hovelentz, Khoja Voskanentz, Khoja Petrosentz, Manouk Barseghentz, Naderentz, Ouloukhanentz, Djanikhanentz, Simonentz, Soukiasentz, Ter Grigorentz and Ter Yesayontz. Yet he does not intend to give a meticulous study and presentation of each mansion discussed here, just the opposite, relying on his personal observations and his own notes taken at his different visits to each of these mansions, Minasian presents a general report on each of them, which once belonged to an Armenian aristocratic family or a princely house, khoja, or great merchant. In time, we are informed, these mansions changed hands till some of them went victim to road constructions, others were bought by the Iranian state to make part and parcel of Phardis University, while others were taken over by the Institute of Antiquities of Isfahan; on the other hand, one of these mansions was bought by the St. All-Saviour Convent and was changed to a ceminary, another is now the Armenian Club of Isfahan, while two are inhabitted by their present owners and some poor people.
The article does not purport to give an artistic, esthetic and architectural evaluation and analysis of all the twelve mansions presented here, though at times, the author does not abstain of giving a vivid description of wall paintings wood-carvings and sundry decorations, door and window panels, architectural forms and style, and constructional effects; moreover, he presents the various mural inscriptions, dates and information found in different mansions. It is clear that Minasian definitely makes certain additions on what the scanty sources have and tries to save them from doubtless oblivion, because, in fact, some of these mansions exist no more. As the author states, "there have been a great number of these very beautiful and palatial mansions at New Julfa the majority of which have been destroyed. Yet there exist some, of which we could not talk. Let us hope that through the care of respective state institutions it will be possible to save the rest from destruction."
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Մինասեան, Լ., Մ., «Համառօտ ակնարկ Նոր Ջուղայի հին տների վրայ», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 1997, Պէյրութ, էջ 219-243