The Meeting exhibition proposes a series of 34 panels with large colour reproductions of the most beautiful miniatures cho-sen from 7th - 17th century manu-scripts from Greater Armenia, the Kingdom of Cilicia and the Armenian Diaspora kept in the libraries of the Mechitarist fathers of St. Lazarus in Venice, of the Mesrop - Mashtoz "Matenada-ran" of Erevan, capital of Soviet Armenia, and of the N. Julfa cathedral of Isfahan in Iran. One of the first things which strikes the visitor is the vast range of co-lours, the abundant use of gold (above all for the backgrounds), the never-ending variety of de-corative motifs, the expressive-ness and setting of the human figures, the realistic representation of life which characterizes the Armenian miniatures and makes them an extraordinary means of expressing the ability attained by artists in communi-cating tension, pathos and dal-ly life. Of outstanding importan-ce is the presence of a number of miniated codices exhibited in the showcases as part of the ex-hibition.
La mostra del Meeting propone una serie di 34 pannelli con grandi riproduzioni a colori delle più belle miniature, scelte fra i manoscritti dei secoli VII-XVII della Grande Armenia, del Regno di Cilicia e della diaspora armena, conservati nelle biblioteche dei padri Mechitaristi di S. Lazzaro di Venezia, della "Matenadaran" MesropMashtoz di Erevan, capitale dell'Armenia Sovietica, e della cattedrale di N. Julfa a Isfahan in Iran.