Book of Exodus, (Bible), edited by Oskan Erewants‘i, Amsterdam Tparan St

Voskan Yerevantsi (1614–1674; hy, Ոսկան Երեւանցի) was one of the first

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s during the years 1640–1666. He published the

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on October 13, 1668, which is believed to be one of the best samples of old

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Biography

Voskan Yerevantsi was born in 1614 in

New Julfa New Julfa ( fa, نو جلفا – ''Now Jolfā'', – ''Jolfâ-ye Now''; hy, Նոր Ջուղա – ''Nor Jugha'') is the Armenian quarter of Isfahan, Iran, located along the south bank of the Zayande River. Established and named after the old ...

(Nor Jugha), the son of parents who had been deported from Yerevan in 1604–1605 during the relocation ordered by Shah Abbas I of Persia.

References

Armenology Research National Center: THE ARMENIAN BOOK 1512-1920

Garegin Levonyan, The Armenian Book And The Printing Art, Yerevan, 1946.

Knarik Korkotyan, The Armenian Printed Book In Constantinople, Yerevan, 1964
1614 births 1674 deaths Persian Armenians Armenian printers Dutch publishers (people) 17th-century people of Safavid Iran Businesspeople from Isfahan {{armenia-stub