Bell :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Bell 1314 y․

NKR / Karvajar / Dadivank

Historical Introduction
1880 y․

In the eighties of the XIX cent, one of the Turks stole the bell of Dadi Vank, weighing 4-5 puds and sold it to an Armenian, and the latter sold it to some village community.

“Nor Dar”, 1992, N 15, p. 2; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 116.

Another source testifies that the bell was bought by the inhabitants of the village Tuskulu of Guegharkunik (currently, village Lusakunk, Vardenis Distr.) for their church.

“Ararat”, 1896, Jan., p. 42; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 116.

In conformity with the inscription engraved on the bell, Sarkis, son of Prince Vahram Dopian, donated the latter to Dadi Vank in 1314. Our inquiries with the elderly residents of Lusakunk in 1997 for the purpose of clarifying the fur ther fate of the bell did not yield results.