Armenian and Georgian manuscripts will go on display at Hong Kong University.
Armenian and Georgian manuscripts to go on display in Hong Kong
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 10 ARTSAKHPRESS: An exhibition titled “Illustrious Illuminations II: Armenian and Georgian Manuscripts from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century” will open at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, in Pok Fu Lam, South China Morning Post reported.
The exhibition features illustrated Armenian manuscripts and a set of Georgian Gospel leaves depicting evangelists.
“Armenian illustrated manuscripts are some of the most lavishly decorated codices of the Christian churches from the Middle East,” says Dr Florian Knothe, director of the University Museum and Art Gallery. “The Gospels are paramount among these, primarily because of the Armenian community’s respect for the sacred texts, revering them in the same way that Greek and Russian Christians regard holy icons."
