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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">religion</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Государство, религия, церковь в России и за рубежом</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2073-7203</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2073-7211</issn><publisher><publisher-name>РАНХиГС</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">religion-582</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМА НОМЕРА: РЕЛИГИЯ И ВЛАСТЬ В ИРАНЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THE THEME OF THE ISSUE: RELIGION AND POWER IN IRAN</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Переосмысление персидских художественных традиций  армянскими христианами в Сефевидском Иране</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Negotiating Persian Artistic Traditions among Armenian Christians in Safavid Iran</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9302-0104</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Таджарян</surname><given-names>И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Tajarian</surname><given-names>Y.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Ивет Таджарян — старший научный сотрудник Отдела востоковедения;доцент;заведующая Музеем Матенадарана</p><p>Ереван</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Yvette Tajarian — Senior Researcher at the Oriental Studies Department; Associate Professor; Head of the Matenadaran Museum</p><p>Yerevan</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">yvettetaj@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0235-6778</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гаспарян</surname><given-names>Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Gasparyan</surname><given-names>G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Грета Гаспарян — научный сотрудник Отдела изучения средневекового искусства</p><p>Ереван</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Greta Gasparyan — Researcher at the Department of Medieval Art Studies</p><p>Yerevan</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">arthistoriangreta@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Матенадаран (Научно-исследовательский институт древних рукописей); Ереванский государственный университет</institution><country>Армения</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Matenadaran (Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts); Yerevan State University</institution><country>Armenia</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Матенадаран (Научно-исследовательский институт древних рукописей) </institution><country>Армения</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Matenadaran (Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts)</institution><country>Armenia</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>02</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>44</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>107</fpage><lpage>129</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Таджарян И., Гаспарян Г., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Таджарян И., Гаспарян Г.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Tajarian Y., Gasparyan G.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://religion.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/582">https://religion.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/582</self-uri><abstract><p> Статья посвящена анализу трех взаимосвязанных сфер, в рамках которых армянские христиане, проживавшие в Исфахане в сефевидский период, осваивали и творчески переосмысливали персидские художественные традиции. В исследовании рассматриваются заимствование исламских архитектурных  и декоративных форм во внешнем и внутреннем убранстве армянских церквей Новой Джульфы, изображение мусульманского шаха в настенной живописи домов армянских христиан-купцов (ходжей), а также перемещение армянского скриптория (центра книжного письма), прослеживаемое на примере двух Евангелий, хранящихся в Матенадаране (рукописи № 6785 и № 7639). Анализ основан на архитектурных наблюдениях, иконографическом и стилистическом сравнении, а также изучении колофонов рукописей. Полученные результаты показывают, что данные явления следует интерпретировать не как признаки религиозной ассимиляции, а скорее как проявления культурного взаимодействия и адаптации в рамках исламского имперского контекста. Армянские христиане сохраняли свою религиозную идентичность, одновременно интегрируя элементы персидской художественной традиции, что привело к формированию своеобразного бикультурного синтеза, сложившегося в условиях сосуществования.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article examines three interconnected domains through which Armenian Christians living in Isfahan during the Safavid period adopted and creatively transformed Persian artistic traditions. The article analyzes the incorporation of Islamic architectural and decorative forms into the exterior and interior decoration of Armenian churches in New Julfa; the depiction of a Muslim shah in the wall painting of the mansions of Christian Armenian khojas (merchants); and the relocation of the Armenian Christian scribal center, as evidenced by two Gospel manuscripts preserved at the Matenadaran (MS 6785 and MS 7639). The research is based on architectural analysis, iconographic and stylistic comparison, and the examination of manuscript colophons. The findings demonstrate that these phenomena should not be understood as signs of religious assimilation, but rather as expressions of cultural interaction, adaptation, and negotiation. Armenian Christians preserved their religious identity while simultaneously integrating elements of Persian artistic tradition, thereby forming a distinctive bicultural synthesis shaped through diplomacy and coexistence within an Islamic context.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Джульфа</kwd><kwd> Новая Джульфа</kwd><kwd> Исфахан</kwd><kwd> депортация</kwd><kwd> дома ходжей</kwd><kwd> армянская церковь</kwd><kwd> купол</kwd><kwd> керамическая плитка</kwd><kwd> книжная миниатюра</kwd><kwd> Евангелие</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Julfa</kwd><kwd> New Julfa</kwd><kwd> Isfahan</kwd><kwd> deportation</kwd><kwd> khoja mansion</kwd><kwd> Armenian church</kwd><kwd> dome</kwd><kwd> tile</kwd><kwd> manuscript illumination</kwd><kwd> Gospel</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Arakel of Tabriz (Davrizhetsi) (1988) History. Yerevan. 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