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Culture & sport

Matenadaran to receive AMD 148.5 million to buy two manuscripts

First reported by CivilNet: 11:47

Updated 16:49, 23 sources

Culture & sport. Photo: matenadaran.am, cropped
Photo: matenadaran.am, cropped

On October 22, the government allocated AMD 148.5 million from its reserve fund to the Matenadaran to acquire a miscellany copied by Sargis Pitsak in Drazark in 1353 and a Gospel created in New Julfa in 1695. According to Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan, the owner of an Austrian collection has put five manuscripts up for sale, with their total price reduced from 600,000 to 505,000 euros. The Matenadaran has been granted priority buyer status for six months.

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  1. CivilNet (Balanced)
  2. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  3. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  4. Mediahub (Opposition)
  5. Infocom (Balanced)
  6. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  7. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  8. 24news.am (Opposition)
  9. Hraparak (Opposition)
  10. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  11. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  12. News.am (Opposition)
  13. Panorama (Opposition)
  14. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  15. Politik.am (Opposition)
  16. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  17. Aravot (Balanced)
  18. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  19. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  20. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  21. Hetq (Balanced)
  22. Ararat News (Balanced)
  23. Oragir.news (Opposition)

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