Prince of Wales At Matenadaran

Prince Charles familiarized himself with some of the unique exhibits at Matenadaran as he visited the famous museum in Yerevan on May 28 at the beginning of his three-day private trip to Armenia. At the depository holding more than 17,000 ancient manuscripts and more than 100,000 other ancient archival documents in a variety of languages the eldest son and heir apparent of Britain’s monarch also received a valuable gift – a silver-covered modern edition of the Book of Lamentation, a mystical poem by prominent 10th-century Armenian philosopher and theologian Gregory of Narek – along with other keepsakes from Matenadaran.