AUCHER’S 1822 AND 1826 EDITIONS OF PHILONIS JUDAEI OPERA IN ARMENIA CONSERVATA: A HISTORY
To fully appreciate the edition of Philo’s works extant only in Armenian by Ioannes-Baptista Aucher (Mkrtič‘ Awgerean / Avgerian, 1762–1854),¹ it is necessary to recount briefly the history of the establishment of the Mekhitarist Order at the turn of the eighteenth century, and the founding of the m...
| Subtitles: | SPECIAL SECTION: FROM EDITIO PRINCEPS TO EDITIO MAIOR: THE HISTORY OF EDITIONS OF PHILO |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brown Univ.
2021
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| In: |
The studia Philonica annual
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Pages: 161-174 |
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| Summary: | To fully appreciate the edition of Philo’s works extant only in Armenian by Ioannes-Baptista Aucher (Mkrtič‘ Awgerean / Avgerian, 1762–1854),¹ it is necessary to recount briefly the history of the establishment of the Mekhitarist Order at the turn of the eighteenth century, and the founding of the monastery on the Isle of San Lazzaro in Venice by the abbot Mĕkhit‘ar (Mxit‘ar) of Sebaste / Sivas in Turkey (1676–1749). Perturbed by the lack of possibilities to establish a learning center or even a monastery to his liking in Ottoman-ruled Armenia, Mĕkhit‘ar, at the age of twenty-five in 1700, decided... |
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| ISSN: | 1052-4533 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The studia Philonica annual
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv256d6br.11 |