A history of the Armenian print tradition in the early modern period

From 1512, when the first Armenian printed codex appeared in Venice, to the end of the early modern period in 1800, Armenian presses operated in nineteen locations across the Armenian diaspora. Prof. Sebouh Aslanian explores why certain books were published at certain times, how books were sold across the diaspora, who read them, and how the printed word helped fashion a new collective identity for early modern Armenians.
The Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture series, created in 1991, is the longest-running lecture series at LOC. The Near East Section planned the series to highlight all aspects of Armenian life and culture and the role of the Library of Congress' collections in Armenian Studies broadly defined.
This will be the 24th Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture and will highlight the rich tradition of Armenian printing in the early modern period. Many of the rare publications the author will discuss are available in AMED’s Armenian collections.
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