A Forgotten Voice : Giuseppe Cappelletti and L’Armenia
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Armeniaca |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/armeniaca/2025/1/a-forgotten-voice-giuseppe-cappelletti-and-larmeni/ |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.30687/arm/2974-6051/2025/01/005 |
| Keywords | Giuseppe Cappelletti; Armenia; Armenian studies; Venice; San Lazzaro degli Armeni; Mekhitarist Congregation; House of Savoy |
| Description | In 1841, Giuseppe Cappelletti (1802-1876) published in Florence a three-volume work titled L’Armenia, aiming to offer a comprehensive description of the country’s history, geography, and culture grounded in Armenian historical sources. Despite being the first major Italian-language study of Armenia – and among the earliest of its kind in Western Europe – the work has been largely overlooked in subsequent scholarship. This article reassesses Cappelletti’s contribution, situating his oeuvre within its broader socio-political and intellectual context, restoring a long-forgotten voice into the history of Italophone Armenian studies. |