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Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Shamkhor / Shamkor

Historical Introduction
17 c․

A monastery, referred to as a scriptorium in the sources of the 17th century, used to be situated either in Shamkor or its vicinity. It may be identical to Berdi Vank (i.e. Monastery of the Fort) mentioned by Movses Dasxuranci.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 518.

Scriptoria
1635 y․

In 1635 Sargis the Philologist copied the Epistles of Apostle Paul “...in the holy monastery of Shamkor.”

Colophons of the Armenian Manuscripts of the 17th century, vol. 2. Compiled by Hakobian, V., Hovhannissian, A. Yerevan, 1978, p. 611.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 518.

1651 y․

In 1651 Priest Grigor penned and illustrated a manuscript Prayer-Book, writing the following in its colophon, “...I handed it to blessed senior teacher St. Sargis, the guardian of Shamkor Monastery...1651.”

Colophons of the Armenian Manuscripts of the 17th century, vol. 2. Compiled by Hakobian, V., Hovhannissian, A. Yerevan, 1978, p. 450.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 518.