Gladzor University, one of the most famous centers of education in medieval Armenia, is located on a picturesque plateau five kilometers north of Yeghegnadzor. The educational center was founded more than seven centuries ago. Time has not done fair to the once beautiful work of architecture. Now only traces of the foundations remain here. A small museum, established in the Church of St. Hagop of Vernashen village can familiarize you with the university.
Gladzor University was established in early 1280-ies by the scholar and teacher Nerses Mshetsi in a modest monastery of Tanahat. Discipline, long accepted in the higher schools of medieval Armenia had been taught in the university. Stadies lasted from seven to eight years. Students, regardless of specialization they were going to choose in the future, besides theology, were required to learn also “external”, secular sciences. The first three subjects – grammar, rhetoric, logic- were the so-called “trivium”, the basis of arts education. The remaining four subjects – arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music theory – were “kvadrivium” cycle of the exact sciences.
The archives of the University housed many works of Greek and Armenian scholars, sufficient to produce a superior education for those days.
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