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In conjunction with the exhibition, the Library of Congress has published an exhibition catalog titled To Know Wisdom and Instruction: A Visual Survey of the Armenian Literary Tradition from the Library of Congress. The catalog was compiled by exhibition curator Levon Avdoyan, the Library’s Armenian and Georgian area specialist in the Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division. This 100-page softcover book with 75 images is available for $25 in bookstores nationwide and through the Library of Congress Shop, www.loc.gov/shop/, (888) 682-3557

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Avdoyan, Levon. To Know Wisdom and Instruction: A Visual Survey of the Armenian Literary Tradition from the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2012.

Bakalian, Anny P. Armenian-Americans: From Being to Feeling Armenian. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1993.

Der Nersessian, Sirarpie. The Armenians. New York: Praeger, 1970.

Hacikyan, Agop J., ed. The Heritage of Armenian Literature. 3 vols. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000–2005.

Hovannisian, Richard G., ed. The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2004.

Thierry, Jean-Michel with Patrick Donabédian and Nicole Thierry. Armenian Art. Translated by Célestine Dars. New York: Abrams in association with the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America-Catholicosate of Cilicia, 1989.

A digital copy of the Verin Noravank‘ Gospels is available in PDF and Page Turner format on the Library of Congress website at http://lccn.loc.gov/2009436809.

A digital copy of Michael Chamchian’s three-volume History of Armenia is available either in PDF or Page Turner format on the Library of Congress website at http://lccn.loc.gov/70232039.