Armenian literature
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Armenian literature, produced in the Armenian language, has existed in written form since the 5th century CE, when the Armenian alphabet was invented by Mesrop Mashtots and the first original works of
Greek inscription from Garni temple with the Armenian word ter — meaning "head of a clan, ruler of a region", 1st century AD
Artashes and Satenik, artist Josef Rotter
First page of the Gospel of Mark, by Sargis Pitsak, a Medieval Armenian scribe and miniaturist
Srpouhi Dussap - Stamp of Armenia
Movses Khorenatsi
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Movses Khorenatsi was a prominent Armenian historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians.
Armenian literature
…survived from the most ancient Armenian literary tradition preceding the Christianization of Armenia in the early 4th century, largely preserved by Movses Khorenatsi. The start of Christian Armenian literature dates to around the year 406 with the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop for the purpose of…
A painting of Movses Khorenatsi by Hovnatan Hovnatanian (1730–1801)
Movses depicted in a fourteenth-century Armenian manuscript
Movses Khorenatsi painting in book Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians (1908)
A bust of Khorenatsi at the Matenadaran