Voskan Yerevantsi

Voskan Yerevantsi (1614–1674; Armenian: Ոսկան Երեւանցի) was one of the first Armenian book publishers during the years 1640–1666. He published the Bible in Amsterdam on October 13, 1668,[1] which is believed to be one of the best samples of old Armenian printing.

Book of Exodus (Bible), edited by Oskan Yrevantsi, Amsterdam Tparan St. Ejmiatsin and St. Sargis the General, 1666.

Biography

Voskan Yerevantsi was born in 1614 in New Julfa (Nor Jugha), the Armenian quarter of the royal Safavid capital of Isfahan. He received his education at New Julfa as well as in Echmiadzin.[2] He was the son of parents who had been deported from Yerevan in 1604–1605 during the relocation ordered by Shah Abbas I.

At the suggestion of Catholicos Hakob IV, he was dispatched to Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic to take over the management of the printing company that Matthias Tzaretsi had established there in 1660. Voskan died in 1674.[2]

References

Hacikyan; et al. (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times. Wayne State University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0814332214. (...) but at long last the Armenian Bible saw the light on October 13, 1668.
Hacikyan; et al. (2002). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century. Wayne State University Press. p. 650.

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[1] Hacikyan; et al. (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times. Wayne State University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0814332214. (...) but at long last the Armenian Bible saw the light on October 13, 1668.

[Hacikyan-2] Hacikyan; et al. (2002). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century. Wayne State University Press. p. 650.

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