All 39 Armenian Alphabet Capital Letters in 3-D illusion. Print size 18"x 24" hand signed by the artist. 

 Great as a gift to any Armenian that you know, as a simple display of National Identity, or even as an attractive learning tool for Armenian children. It is a great theme for the home or office. The colors match with Armenian national flag (Red, Blue & Orange).

The print is from the original "Armenian Vocal Characters" by Boris S.Gulian. (acrylic on canvas, 36"x60"). Copyright  2008.

The paper is heavyweight, matte. The image size is 15" x 8.1" with a dark blue border about 1.5" wide on the sides & wider the top & on the bottom.  It matches standard sized ready-made frames found in any Art & Frame store (bronze or antique gold color frame is recommended).

It will be shipped rolled in a mailing tube/box 3" x3" x 24". For any quantity over 10 contact the seller for a volume discount.

Short history of Armenian alphabet:

In 301, Armenia adopted Christianity thus becoming the first country in the world to proclaim it as its state religion. For comparison, Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire in 313 by the Edict of Milan. The Mass in Armenian churches was sung in Greek.

Monk Mesrob Mashtots, inventer of the Armenian alphabet, traveled the eastern Mediterranean world for several years and , studied various scripts as models, including Greek, Aramaic & Ethiopian script and in 405 he produced  36 letters of the Armenian alphabet. Later, three more characters were added.

It is written from left to right, close in sound order to the Greek alphabet, and has capital letters (as opposed to most other languages in the Middle East). The invention of the Armenian alphabet in 405 by St. Mesrop Mashtots seems to be a landmark in the millennial history of the Armenian people that resulted in powerful cultural progress.

 Currently there are two Armenian dialects-eastern and western. They differ slightly by pronounciation of some characters, vocabulary and conjugation.

Eastern Armenian, is used in the Republic of Armenia today. Western Armenian is mainly used by the  Armenian Diaspora outside of Armenia.

There is a hope that some day linguists of both dialects will come to agreement and create a unified version for ease of communication between speakers of two different dialects and for the future progress of Armenian Nation.