In 2017, an Italian student Vittoria DallβArmellina was visiting the Mkhitarist monastery on San Lazzaro in Venice when she spotted a familiar looking sword. The sword was mistakenly labeled as a medieval artifact and was thought to be a few hundred years old. It turns out itβs one of the oldest known weapons in...
Armenian atlas sold for $37,500 at an Auction in New York

This beautiful atlas was created byΒ Hovhannes Amira Dadian from the Armenian Mekhitarist monastery located on the Venetian island of San Lazzaro in 1849.Β This is the first atlas in the Armenian language and boasts ten hand-colored double-page maps, including one of the solar system. During the Swann Galleriesβ biannual auction of Maps & Atlases,...