Anania Shirakatsi
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Anania Schirakatsi ( Armenian Անանիա Շիրակացի , also Ananias of Shirak ; * 610 in Ani ; † 685 ) was an Armenian scholar , mathematician and geographer .
He became known through his two works Geography Guide and Cosmography . He claimed that the earth was a sphere and that there was more than just heaven and earth. In 667 Anastas, who was a Catholicos of the Armenian Church from 661 to 667, invited him to his official residence in Dvin . There Anania made an annual calendar of movable and non-movable religious holidays.
An Armenian university bears his name in his honor. The Armenian State Prize, the Anania Shirakatsi Medal, is awarded to scientists and inventors. In 2005 the Armenian Central Bank issued an Anania Shirakatsi commemorative coin.
Works
- The Geography of Ananias of Širak: (Ašxarhac'oyc '); the long and the short recensions . Introd., Transl., And commentary by Robert H. Hewsen. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1992. ISBN 978-3-88226-485-2
- Haïg Berbérien: Autobiography d'Anania Shirakatsi . In: Revue des Études Arméniennes NS 1 (1964) 189–194.
literature
- Tim Greenwood: A Reassessment of the Life and Mathematical Problems of Anani Širakac'i , Revue des Études Arméniennes, Volume 33, 2011, pp. 131–186.
Web links
- Literature by and about Anania Širakac'i in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Anania Shirakatsi University
- Anania Shirakatsi, “Geography Guide (VII c) ” (in Russian translation, 1877) - “Армянская География VII века по Р.Х (приписывавшаяся Моисею Хоренск77 .Пу.”, 18 оренск77
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert H. Hewsen: Science in Seventh-Century Armenia: Ananias of Sirak. In: Isis, Vol. 59, No. 1, spring 1968, pp. 32–45, here p. 35
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anania Shirakatsi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ananias from Shirak; Անանիա Շիրակացի (Armenian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian scholar, mathematician and geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 610 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ani |
| DATE OF DEATH | 685 |