<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Armenian alphabet</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31333347</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:29:50</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Armenian characters</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Armenian script</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">alphabet, Armenian</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ An alphabet created by the scholar Mesrop Mashtots ca. 405 CE, with 36 original characters, and auxiliary letters added later historically. Used from the fifth century for the preservation of Armenian cultural and literary identity. ]]></dc:description></metadata>