Two well known codices, Purpureus Beratinus 1 and Purpureus Beratinus 2, part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, will also be displayed in the exhibition
Tirana Times
TIRANA, April 28 – A special exhibition featuring Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscripts in Albania will open Monday, May 3 at the premises of the General Directorate of Archives in Tirana. The exhibition is organized by the Albanian Archives Directorate in cooperation with the Hellenic Foundation for Culture – Branch of Tirana, the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania.
The goal of this exhibition is to inform scholars and the general public with a part of the documentary heritage housed in Central State Archive, more concretely, with the tradition and history of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscripts. Among the 46 codices, covering a historical period starting from the 6th to the 18th century, will also be displayed the two well known codices, Purpureus Beratinus 1 and Purpureus Beratinus 2, part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.
An exhibition of this nature and size is organized for the first time in Albania, aiming to bring the general public closer to the cultural and historical treasures of the country.
A wider view of these manuscripts will be brought through 28 photographical panels that will give further information about the content of the codices. These panels will contain 54 codices, including those displayed in original.
The visitors will be introduced to the exhibition through a catalogue of the exhibition, a guide-book and information leaflets.
The “Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Manuscripts in Albania” exhibition will be open to the public from May 4 to June 4 2010.
