J'ai malheureusement raté cette exposition à l'époque.
Au Moyen Age, l'Arménie a été occupée près de quatre siècles par les Arabes et il y a eu une grande influence sur la culture arménienne sur les sciences arméniennes. A ce sujet, les savants philologues du Monastère arménien de Vienne en Autriche ont étudié les manuscrits arméniens :
http://www.globalarmenianheritage-adic. ... outh2a.htmIl y a eu des relations scientifiques en particulier en Astronomie. Dans le livre,
Histoire de l'astronomie arménienne B.E. Thoumanian, Erévan, 1964, on y trouve deux astrolabes arabes des IXème et Xème siècles avec des inscriptions gravées en arménien :
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http://www.globalarmenianheritage-adic. ... olabe2.JPG-
http://www.globalarmenianheritage-adic. ... olabe3.JPGAinsi le savant arabe Kosta Ibn Luka (820-912)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qusta_ibn_Luqa avait été invité par le roi du Vaspourakan
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaspourakan et il y étudia les manuscrits du célèbre astronome arménien Anania Chiragatsi (610-685)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anania_de_Shirak .
Qusta Ibn Luqa al-Ba'albakki, born ca. 205 A.H., 820 A.D., died 300 A.H., 912 A.D., was a native of Baalbek in Syria. In origin he was a Greek, in religion a Christian, by profession and occupation a physician, philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and musician. He journeyed to the Byzantine lands, and brought back to Baghdad many scientific works in Greek. Knowing well the Greek and Syriac languages, and of course Arabic, in which he was reputedly a master of style, he settled in Baghdad and engaged in the translation of such scientifice works, the employment of other persons in translation and the redaction of existing translations.
Later on he was induced by a certain Sanharib to migrate to Armenia and establish himself there. He then engaged in the production of original scientific woks for a certain Abu L-Ghitrif Al-Batriq, a learned, distinguished and generous man, and for others, such as Isma'il Ibn Bulbul and Abu l-Hasan 'Abdallah Ibn Yahya, who doubtless were the patrons of scientific activity. When he died he was honored by a monumental tomb such as only kings and the founders of religious orders were wont to receive. - W.H. Worrell,
Qusta Ibn Luqa On The Use of The Celestial Globe, Isis 1944 (35), pp 285-293
Bibliographie :
- V.K. Tchaloyan,
Hayots pilissopayoutyan badmoutyoun (Histoire de la philosophie arménienne) , Erévan . 1975,
- Н. Я. Марр, Ани, Москва 1934, стр. 36 (Nicolas Marr, Ani, Moscou 1934, p 36 : il cite aussi Auguste Choisy & Grenard - ?)
- Chapter VII, Section III, pp 694-695 (référence bibliographique égarée) :
he died in Armenia while staying with some kings there. From there he also replied to Abu Isa al-Munajjim in connection with his epistle about the prophetic mission of Muhammad, for whom may there be peace. While there he also wrote "Paradise in History"..
Il y a eu aussi des relations scientifiques en médecine, en chimie entre les Arméniens et les Arabes (+ poésie & philosophie).
Adic (Paris)
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