Mkhitar of Ani

Mkhitar of Ani (Armenian: Մխիթար Անեցի; Mkhitar Anets'i, Mxit'ar of Ani) was an Armenian historian and priest of the second half of the 12th to the beginning of the 13th century. He studied at the monastery of Horomos, near Ani.

Demonstrating a strong enthusiasm for astronomy, Mkhitar translated a Persian text on the zodiac and eclipses and accompanied it with illustrative diagrams. No copy of the work, however, exists today.

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