Philip de la Vache ""The Canterbury Tales"". However, the reference to Vache in Chaucer's poem may on good grounds also be a pun on his own name. The phrase Vache, leve! in the first line of the Envoy corresponds to medieval French Vache, reïs!, 'cow, leave!'. The French phase reïs, Vache!, (REISVACHE), when reversed, becomes CHAVSIER, the French form of the poet's name (this is a so-called palindrome). In the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament, the cows on their way to Beth Shemesh are likened to holy men, or monks on their way to the Heavenly Jerusalem. Chaucer may have regarded
Vache Gabrielyan Gabrielyan since serves as the Armenian Governor for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Dr. Gabrielyan holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA) and honorary diploma from the Yerevan State University’s Economic Cybernetics Department (RA, 1985-1992). Since 1999, Dr. Gabrielyan teaches at the American University of Armenia, and has lectured for more than a decade at the Yerevan State University. Dr. Gabrielyan is the author of а number of scientific papers, articles and books published in Armenia and abroad. Vache Gabrielyan has extensive experience in finance, economics and