The collection dates back to 405, when Saint Mesrop Mashtots created the Armenian alphabet. In 1920 the collection, held at Echmiatsin was robbed by the Bolsheviks, combined with other collections and move to in 1939 Yerevan. On March 3, 1959 the Matenadaran Institute was formed to facilitate the manuscripts and in 1962 it was named after Saint Mesrop Mashtots.
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