British Parliamentary Debates on the Armenian Genocide 1915–1918, ed. Ara Sarafian, with a foreword by Eric Avebury

Aghtamar: A Jewel of Medieval Armenian Architecture was originally written by Stepan Mnatsakanian. His work was published in Armenian and English in the 1980s. The present work reproduces the English translation with a new Turkish translation by Zuhal Bilgin.

Mnatsakanian's work introduces Turkish speakers, for the first time, to Armenian sources regarding the history of Aghtamar and its surroundings, as well as its famous church. These sources include Tovma Ardzruni (10th century), Tovma Continuatus (14th century), I. A. Orbeli (cir. 1912), E. Lalayan (cir. 1910-16), W. Bachman, I.Strzygowski, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Lydia Durnovo, M. S. Ipsiroglu.

This bi-lingual publication also reproduces invaluable architectural drawings from Documents on Armenian Architecture - Aghtamar (Edizioni Ares, Milano, 1974), as well as 68 color photographs by Kadir Çitak (2010).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stepan Mnatsakanian (1917-1994) was Doctor of Architectural Science and Director of the Department of Architecture at the Armenian Academy of Sciences Institute of Art.