Organization:University of Gladzor
University of Gladzor (Armenian: Գլաձորի համալսարան, romanized: Gladzori hamalsaran) was a medieval Armenian university, one of the two "great centres of learning" along with the University of Tatev (c. 1340–1425) that were "essentially of a single tradition."[1][2] It was established around 1280 by Nerses of Mush,[2] a student of Vardan Areveltsi, and operated until 1340 and "left behind a rich intellectual heritage".[3]
The university grew out of the monastic center of learning of the Aghberts or Gladzor Monastery in the region of Vayots Dzor.[4] It flourished under the patronage of the Orbelian and Proshian noble families.[4][5] Gladzor had at least nine professors and around fifteen lecturers.[5] The university's longtime head was Esayi of Nich (Nchetsi), who led the university until 1331.[4] He was succeeded by the head teacher Tiratur.[4] The noted miniature painters Toros Taronatsi, Avag and Momik taught and painted at Gladzor.[4]
Gladzor had its own bylaws and granted academic degrees. Its three main courses were as follows: 1. Armenian and foreign texts, 2. the art of manuscript writing, and 3. Armenian musical notation (khaz) and music.[4] Among the subjects taught at the university were theology, mythology, philosophy, bibliology, grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, astronomy, chronology, and geometry.[4] Around 350 students graduated from Gladzor University.[4] The length of matriculation was seven to eight years, not counting the three years of religious education required to be admitted to the university.[4] Graduates received the rank of vardapet.[4] Although it was referred to as a university and sometimes analogized to contemporary European universities, scholar S. Peter Cowe suggests that Gladzor and other medieval Armenian academies were more comparable to monastic schools.[6]
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Armenian manuscript of Gladzor University
Armenian manuscript of Gladzor University
Armenian manuscript of Gladzor University
Armenian manuscript of Gladzor University
Armenian manuscript of Gladzor University
References
- ↑ Lang, David Marshall (1980). Armenia, cradle of civilization. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 276. ISBN 9780049560093.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arnavoudian, Eddie (22 November 2010). "Science versus Religion: the case of the Medieval Armenian University". Armenian News Network / Groong, University of Southern California. http://groong.usc.edu/tcc/tcc-20101122.html.
- ↑ Nersessian, Vrej (2001). The Bible in the Armenian Tradition. London: British Library. p. 43. ISBN 9780892366408.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Khacheryan 1997.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hovannisian 1997, p. 264.
- ↑ Hovannisian 1997, p. 307.
- Bibliography
- Abrahamian, A. G. (1982). "Գլաձորի համալսարանի տեղը և հիմնադրության տարեթիվը (Գլաձորի համալսարանի հիմնադրման 700-ամյակի առթիվ)" (in hy). Patma-Banasirakan Handes (Yerevan: Armenian National Academy of Sciences) (1): 159–176. ISSN 0135-0536. https://arar.sci.am/dlibra/publication/190533/edition/173045/content.
- Hovannisian, Richard G., ed (1997). The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times. I. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-10168-6. OCLC 36343355. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36343355.
- Khacheryan, L. (1977). "Գլաձորի համալսարան". in Hambardzumyan, Viktor (in hy). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. 3. Yerevan. pp. 91. https://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BB:%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_(Soviet_Armenian_Encyclopedia)_3.djvu/91.
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