“Armenians: Ancient Christianity in a Young Country” exhibit opened in Leiden University (Netherlands) on May 6, 2010.

The exhibit dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Armenian book printing in Amsterdam will feature Armenian manuscripts and printings, including an 11th century parchment. The University possesses 56 manuscripts, 57 of which were conveyed during a massacre in Cilicia to Englishman Rendel Harris, who later on became the rector of Leiden University.

“Creation of Armenian letters in the 5th century was a stimulus for development of Armenian culture and spread of Christianity,” Armenia’s honorary consul in the Hague Arshak Manukian said in his opening remarks.

The exhibit will be open till July 31.