MONUMENTS
STATUE OF HAKOB MEGHAPART
1987
State index: 1.6.67.2
Sculptor: Khachatur Iskandaryan,
Architect: Melkon Avagyan
The statue of the founder of Armenian printing, Hakob Meghapart (XV-XVI centuries) is located on Isahakyan Street, in front of the Press Committee building, in the lawn.
Meghapart is sculpted on a smoothly hewed granite pedestal in a standing position, his right hand is resting on a printing machine, and in his left hand he is holding a first ever published book in Armenian, the “Friday Book” collection of prayers and wishes (1512).
On
the left edge of the sculptural composition are depicted 5 books in
Armenian published by Meghapart, below which is depicted his seal with a cross
and Latin letters D, I, Z, A (Dei Servus Iakobus Zanni Armenius which means
“Servant of the God Hakob Tsanni Armenian”). Near the depicted stamp is inscribed:
ARMENIAN FIRST PRINTER. 1512, in the lower part of the cover: HAKOB MEGHAPART.
On
the back is the name of the sculptor and the year of creation of the monument:
SCULPTOR KHACHATUR MARTIROS ISKANDARYAN, 1987.
It
is made of bluish-green granite. It has dimensions of 6 x 3.5 m.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
