On Saturday, September 5, Dr. Levon Avdoyan, Armenian & Georgian Area Specialist of the Library of Congress, presented a new e-book as part of the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival. The e-book, entitled “To Know Wisdom and Instruction,” contains 75 color images highlighting the varieties of the Armenian literary tradition from the era of manuscripts through the early periods of print and on to contemporary publishing. “Dr. Avdoyan continues to expand public acce

In 1512, Hakob Meghapart (Jacob the Sinner) opened an Armenian press in Venice, Italy, and published an Armenian religious book, “Urbatagirk” (the Book of Fridays). The era of Armenian printing had begun. In 2012, the Library of Congress marked the quincentenary of this milestone with an exhibition titled “To Know Wisdom and Instruction: The Armenian Literary Tradition at the Library of Congress” with a companion volume compiled by the Library’s Armenian Area Specialist Levon