History of the Armenian typography on the Former Polish Lands
Journal: Регион и мир / Region and the World
Year: 2026

The Armenian handwritten book, whose tradition originated in the fifth century, reached the lands of Ruthenia together with the first wave of Armenian immigrants in the second half of the eleventh century, following the conquest of Armenia by the Seljuq Turks. Among the early settlers were not only warriors, artisans, and merchants, but also representatives of other professions – physicians, clergymen, and scholars – who brought with them from their homeland, alongside other cultural treasures,