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Armenian Print Culture in the Early Modern Period
Sebouh Aslanian
Dr. Aslanian reflects on the intricate relationship between port-city merchants and printers in the history of Armenian print culture.
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Armenian Print Culture in the Early Modern Period
The history of Armenian print culture is intricately linked to that of Armenian long-distance merchants, a connection that led to the establishment of Armenian printing presses in key port cities across Europe and Asia and a flourishing of Armenian print culture in the early modern period. Here, Dr. Sebouh Aslanian examines the factors that contributed to Armenians’ early adoption of print technology and a shift from manuscripts to printed books at the beginning of the sixteenth century.
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