- Anania Shirakatsi
Anania Shirakatsi ( _hy. Անանիա Շիրակացի ), also known as Ananias of Sirak, (610–685) was an Armenian
scholar ,mathematician , andgeographer . His most famous works are "Geography Guide" (‘Ashharatsuyts’ in Armenian), and "Cosmography" (Tiezeragitutiun). He described the world as "being like an egg with a spherical yolk (the globe) surrounded by a layer of white (the atmosphere) and covered with a hard shell (the sky)." [Hewson, Robert H. "Science in Seventh-Century Armenia: Ananias of Sirak, "Isis", Vol. 59, No. 1, (Spring, 1968), pp. 32-45 ] Shirakatsi's work ‘Ashharatsuyts’ reports details and mapping of the ancient homeland ofBulgars inMount Imeon area ofCentral Asia .The Anania Shirakatsi Medal is an Armenian State Award for scientists in the
economics andnatural sciences ,engineers andinventors . [http://www.president.am/library/eng/?task=42&award=3&id=14]In 2005, the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia issued an Anania Shirakatsi
commemorative coin . [http://www.cba.am/curcommem.asp?coins=54]ee also
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Mount Imeon Notes
Sources
* The Geography of Ananias of Sirak. The Long and the Short Recensions. Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Robert H. Hewsen. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1992, Pp. 685. ISBN 9783882264852
* Anania Shirakatsi, [http://vehi.net/istoriya/armenia/geographiya/index.html "«Geography Guide (VII c)"» (in Russian translation, 1877) - «Армянская География VII века по Р.Х (приписывавшаяся Моисею Хоренскому)»] , СПб.,1877
* Suren Eremian, [http://www.kroraina.com/armen_ca/map_casia_b.jpgReconstructed version of Shirakatsi's map of Central Asia.]
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