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The Orthographic Rules of the Eighteenth Century Armeno-Persian Gospels of the Matenadaran (Ms. 8492, Ms. 3044)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Hasmik Kirakosian
Hasmik Kirakosian*
Affiliation:
Institute of Ancient Manuscripts-Matenadaran, Yerevan State University
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Abstract

The Persian Gospel codices of the Matenadaran collection, written in Armenian script in the eighteenth century in Shamakhi and Ganja, are important sources for the study of the interethnic, interfaith, and intercultural circumstances of historical Shirvan (located in Transcaucasia) of that period. These manuscripts are also considered to be essential sources for the study of inter-linguistic issues of Armenian and Persian, the Armenian orthographic rules of that period, and one of the local versions of Persian, spoken in Shirvan. In the eighteenth century, Persian was the interethnic contact language of this area and the manuscripts examined here were written for the Christian Armenians of the region. This article presents how the Armenian alphabet reflects the phonetic system of eighteenth century Persian spoken in Shirvan using the orthographic rules of Armenian.

Keywords

Armeno-PersianGospelManuscriptArmenian orthographyPhonetic PersianShirvani Persian
Type
Primary Sources, Archival Notes
Information
Iranian Studies , Volume 53 , Issue 1-2: Special Section: Medicine and Public Health in Modern Iran: Historical and Sociological Perspectives , March 2020 , pp. 295 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © Association For Iranian Studies, Inc 2020

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