Armenia-msg - 9/5/15

Medieval Armenia. Information sources.

NOTE: See also the files: Armenia-TL-art, Turkey-msg, fd-Turkey-msg.

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From: "Mira (Tanya Guptill)" <tguptill at teleport.com>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Armenian Resources:
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:33:27 -0800

Mira,

Please pass this one to your friend who wants to do Armenia
persona.

Basically, in the13th-14thc, there were two Armenias. The one in Cilicia (now Turkey) followed the Byzantine example; the one in Greater Armenia followed the Mongol example. Sites that cover Armenian history/culture/art are numerious, but here are a few to help you get started. Please, if there is any way I can help you through this research (been there, done that, and still struggling) do not hesitate to contact me.

Gorandookht Mamigonian at zarehl at aol.com

Some Sites on Armenian culture:
www.itgateway.com/unesco/fullpage.htm

www.virtualscape.com (Robert Petrosian site on Armenian
history and chroniclers)

www.hyeetch..nareg.com.au


From: "Rowanwald Central" <rowanwald at sybercom.net>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Medieval Jewish Community discovered
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 00:07:17 -0400

[Please Cross-post as appropriate, with the encouragement of the author]

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION UNCOVERS UNKNOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY

An expedition led by Hebrew University Professor of Armenian Studies,
Michael E. Stone, and composed of Israeli and Armenian Archaeologists and
experts, has made further major finds in Eghegis, Armenia, including many
inscriptions in beautiful Hebrew script and language. This previously
unknown community is now becoming uncovered. The expedition returned from
field-work in Armenia this week.

Reports will be published in full in the media and in scholarly journals
soon. Many pictures and daily reports may be found on the Hebrew University
Armenian Web Site:  http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~armenia.

Reports, pictures and video-clips may be found on: http://churcharmenia.com

The graveyard being excavated is unprecedentedly early, dating from the
mid-thirteenth to early fourteenth century.

The work is sponsored by the Charles and Agnes Kazarian Eternal Fund with
the support of the Ben Tzvi Institute for Study of the Oriental Jewish
Communities, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Foundation for Biblical
Archeology and the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Further information from stone at vms.huji.ac.il
 --
Michael E. Stone
Professor of Armenian Studies
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Fax: +972-2-642-6631
michael.stone at huji.ac.il
http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~armenia


Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 13:25:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Armenian Cooking

Reviewed in LIIWEEK:
Adventures in Armenian Cooking
    Web version of a cookbook originally published to raise
    funds for an Armenian Church. Includes instructions for
    canning grape leaves, making madzoon (yoghurt), "cracker
    bread," basturma (pastrami), and paklava (baklava). Recipes
    are written using available American substitutes for
    traditional Armenian ingredients.
    http://www.cilicia.com/armo_cookbook.html

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa   jenne at fiedlerfamily.net

[Not necessarily period Armenian cooking. But without period texts to work from, at least it is a place to start. – Stefan]


Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:18:37 -0600
From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Armenian food

The only source on early Armenian food of which I am aware and have never 
seen is Vardan Hatsuni, Dishes and Feasts in Ancient Armenia (1912).

In an epic poem about David of Sassoun, there is mention of bread with 
butter and honey, harrisa porridge, khorovats and pomegranate wine.

Armenia was an ally of Rome and following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 
BCE, Armenian traders, administrators and Legion auxiliaries were part of 
the Roman administration.  By the 4th Century, there was an Armenian quarter 
in the city which catered to the pilgrimage trade and likely had a number of 
refugees from domestic upheaval and war with Persia.

Bear

<<< Good luck and don't forget to include Armenian dishes as well, the 
Armenian cuisine is quite sophisticated and they have been living in Jerusalem since the 4th century. They were the first state to adopt Christianity as religion in the year 301 ac.
Ana >>>


Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 18:20:47 -0800
From: Ursula Georges <ursula at tutelaries.net>
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Armenian food

On 1/4/2015 3:16 PM, Stefan wrote:
<<< What resources do we have on period Armenian food? I don't remember
any being discussed here, myself. How would this be different from
the food of Byzantium? I remember when I, or others, asked about
period Greek food, we were told that it was the same as in
Byzantium. >>>

The essay collection Starting with Food: Culinary Approaches to Ottoman 
History, edited by Amy Singer, includes an article by Rachel Goshgarian 
on sixteenth-century Armenian food.  The article notes that one key 
feature of Armenian identity was that, unlike their Muslim neighbors, 
Armenians ate pork.

I have my eye on Foodways and Daily Life in Medieval Anatolia: A New 
Social History, but I don't know how much it discusses specifically 
Armenian traditions.

--Ursula Georges.


Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 19:52:43 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: <lilinah at earthlink.net>
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Armenian food

Ursula Georges wrote:
<<< The essay collection Starting with Food: Culinary Approaches to Ottoman 
History, edited by Amy Singer, includes an article by Rachel Goshgarian 
on sixteenth-century Armenian food.  The article notes that one key 
feature of Armenian identity was that, unlike their Muslim neighbors, 
Armenians ate pork. >>>

I have that book. Helpful for socio-cultural and historical understanding, but not much info for recreating dishes.

<<< I have my eye on Foodways and Daily Life in Medieval Anatolia: A New 
Social History, but I don't know how much it discusses specifically 
Armenian traditions. >>>

It has been on my list of books to get, too.

Urtatim

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