MILLSTONES and MINAS

[Arpa]

ԵՐԿԱՆԱՔԱՐ/Erkanaqar/Stone Mill

ԱԼԻՒՐԱՂԱՑ/Flour Mill

 

http://images.travelpod.com/users/greekcypriot/3.1249754406.a-very-old-stone-hand-mill-.jpg

 

Here we spoke about stone hand mill “երկանաքար/erkanaqar”. Where we spoke why it is called so, since it consists of TWO STONE DISCS/ ԵՐԿՈՒ ՔԱՐ

 

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=14306&st=0&p=174382&hl=urartian&fromsearch=1entry174382

 

See posts # 108 and on

 

QUOTE (SAS @ Apr 30 2008, 04:28 PM)

Մի՞թը երկանք(ձեռնաղաց) և երկար\երկայն նույն արմատից են: Ըստ իմաստի, երկանքը պետք է ծագած լինի «երկու» բառից: Լայն-լայնակի - լայնք(width), երկայն - երկայնակի- երկայնք(length):

Քառսուն կարճ կընիկ, որ երկանք աղան,

Քառսուն էլ երկար, որ ուղտեր բառնան

 

Arpa=Այո ՍԱՍ, ես վրիպեցի յիշել թէ այդ բառը աւելի ընդհանրացած է իբր յոգնակի ԵՐԿԱՆՔ քան թէ եզակին : Հասկանալի է քանի այդ գործիքը բաղկանայ երկու քարերէ:

Ցաւոք չեմ կարող գտնել Լաւաշ թխող , աղացող Հայ կնոչ պատկերը : Գուցէ մի ովմ կարողանայ:

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Will Gumri and Yerevan declare all out war over this and hurl “stone millstones” at each other?

BTW. There is no dearth of stones, as some call Hayastan- Qarastan.

 

http://www.armenianow.com/arts_and_culture/30294/armenia_minas_fresco_gyumri

 

Arts and Culture | 10.06.11 | 11:11

“Hands off Minas!”: Gyumri pressure group insists famous painter’s frescos belong in Shirak

 

A group in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri concerned with the preservation of cultural heritage has raised more issues regarding government plans to transport the frescos of a famous Soviet-Armenian painter and native of the northern Shirak province to capital Yerevan for a permanent public display.

The Committee for the Protection of Gyumri’s Historical-Cultural Immovable Monuments and Movable Values issued a statement on Thursday “expressing the concern on behalf of the intelligentsia, artists, thousands of people of Gyumri and beyond” regarding the initiative to display two of Minas Avetisyan’s murals at Zvartnots Airport’s new terminal. It believes the paintings are part of the Shirak province’s cultural heritage and should stay there. One of the frescos in question, “Spinning the Thread”, has already been removed from the wall of Gyumri’s “Galvanometer” plant, the other one, “Millstone”, is due to be removed soon. The Committee, in particular, called on the government to reconsider its decision regarding the removal of the frescoes from Gyumri and on Argentine-Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian, who own the company managing Zvartnots Airport to give up plans to have Minas frescoes and consider the already incurred costs for the restoration of the wall-paintings to be “a donation to the city of Gyumri.” The Committee also called on “all Gyumri natives in and outside Armenia”, nongovernmental organizations, art associations, local authorities, etc. “to combine efforts in finding financial means for the restoration of the frescos, their installation and preservation in a proper place in Gyumri.” Meanwhile, in an interview with Mediamax news agency, Head of the Modern Art Department of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia Sona Harutyunyan said that “in the course of 25 years Gyumri people did not take up any step to preserve the frescos of Minas”. She stressed that 14 more frescos of Armenian painters are still there in the territory of idling plants in Gyumri. “We suggested presenting a project for fresco preservation, as well as sources of financing, however we did not receive any answer,” she said.

 

http://www.armenianow.com/arts_and_culture/30294/armenia_minas_fresco_gyumri

 

Here is what a ԵՐԿԱՆԱՔԱՐ is. I have seen them first hand. Some more fortunate Armenian families would own one and the neighbors would borrow it.

 

http://images.travelpod.com/users/greekcypriot/3.1249754406.a-very-old-stone-hand-mill-.jpg

 

http://www.armenianow.com/sites/default/files/img/imagecache/600x400/minas-frescas.jpg

 

http://www.armenianow.com/sites/default/files/img/imagecache/600x400/minas-frescas.jpg

[Arpa]

Speaking of millstones, not to forget this passage from Sasuntsi David by Toumanian, where Msra Melik buries himself in a pit and covers himself with 40 cowhides and 40 millstones, which of course, David cuts through with one stroke of his magical sword;

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:David_of_Sasun_Yerevan.jpg

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:David_of_Sasun_Yerevan.jpg

 

Գընաց, խորունկ մի հոր փորեց,

Իջաւ, մըտաւ վիհն էն խավար,

Վըրեն քաշեց քառսուն կաշի

Ու քառասուն ջաղացի քար։

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Անցաւ քառսուն գոմշի կաշին,

Անցաւ քառսուն քարերը ցած,

Միջից կըտրեց ժանտ հըրեշին,

Օխտը գազ էլ դենը գընաց։

 

Գոմշու Կաշի-Cowhide;

http://willieswesternwear.com/catalog/images/cowhide.jpg

 

http://willieswesternwear.com/catalog/images/cowhide.jpg

 

Չաղացի Քար-Millstone;

http://www.papa-post.com/albums/album01/63_olive_mill_stone.sized.jpg

 

http://www.papa-post.com/albums/album01/63_olive_mill_stone.sized.jpg