Monument of Hagop Meghabard

Monument of “Hagop Meghabard”

In 2012, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated and blessed the bronze monument created by the artist Raffi Yedalian of “Hagop Meghabard” (who published the first printed book in the Armenian language in Venice in 1512) at the Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar, Lebanon, on September 15, marking the 500th anniversary of the first Armenian printed book “Ourpatakirk”.

A miniature bronze replica of the monument is part of the collection of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City and part of the collection of the Matenadaran Museum in Yerevan, Armenia.

 

Details of the Monument                                                                     

“Hagop Meghabard”
Height 165 cm – depth 175 cm – width 80 cm
Bronze
2012
Patriarchal Congregation of Bzommar, Lebanon

 

Details of the Miniature Replica Sculpture 

“Hagop Meghabard”
Height 25 cm – depth 21 cm – width 10 cm
Bronze
2012
Collection of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican City
Collection of the Matenadaran Museum, Yerevan, Armenia