GRIGOR KHOJA MOTSAKENTC OF YEREVAN AND NO 6231 HAYSMAVURK‘ OF MATENADARAN OF MESROP MASHTOTS
The study is dedicated to the activities of Grigor Khoja, a member of one of the influential families of the late medieval Yerevan known as the Motsakentc. In the context of this research, it is important to highlight the valuable evidences of various written sources of the XVII-XVIII centuries, among which the main colophon of the manuscript MM 6231 copied in 1652, stands out with its relevant information about Grigor. In the same colophon, the scribe lists the construction works funded by Grigor Khoja, who has sponsored also the writing of the manuscript and made various donations to the Kathoghike St. Astvatsatsin Church in Yerevan. According to this source, the chapel of the same church and a bridge in the nearby village of Parakar were built with the financial support of Grigor Motsakentc. However, as it seems, the construction of the bridges was not limited to this. According to historian Arakel Davrijetsi, the Ashtarak bridge on the Kasakh River was built under the sponsorship of the same Grigor Khoja.
The second part of the article is dedicated to the history of the manuscript MM 6231, from its copying to later reaching the Matenadaran in Yerevan. According to several further colophons written in the manuscript, the book has been captured and taken to Karin, but later was liberated, returned to Yerevan, and at the beginning of the XX century entered the Matenadaran with the manuscripts collected from various churches in the city.