ՄՈՎՍԵՍ Գ. ՏԱԹԵՒԱՑԻ ԿԱԹՈՂԻԿՈՍԸ ԵՒ ՂԱԶԱՐ ԳՐԻՉԸ (ՆՎԻՐՎԱԾ ԵՐԵՒԱՆԻ ՄԱՇՏՈՑԻ ԱՆՎԱՆ ՄԱՏԵՆԱԴԱՐԱՆԻ ՀՄՐ 1278 ՁԵՌԱԳՐԻ ԳՐՉՈՒԹՅԱՆ 400 ԱՄՅԱԿԻՆ)

<jats:p>SUMMARY The repositories of world culture house timeless treasures that have been the subject of study for centuries. Among these treasures is Manuscript No. 1278 of the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran. In this article, the author examines the manuscript’s place of origin, its script style, the scribe, and other related aspects. Some 400 years ago, in the Syunik region at Khotanan, Archimandrite Movses (later Catholicos Movses III of Tatev, 1629–1633) commissioned his close relative, the scribe Ghazar, to transcribe this work, which is in the nature of an exegesis. This article describes the journey of a manuscript that originated with Movses of Tatev and eventually found its home in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Later, after being seized under certain circumstances, the manuscript was rescued, ransomed, and returned to Holy Etchmiadzin. The work is based on the connecting role played by Catholicos Movses of Tatev with his mentors and disciples.</jats:p>