Bibliography


I. Sources



AL

 Aristakes Lastivertc'i, Patmut'iwn Aristakisi Lastiverc'woy [History of Aristakes Lastivertc'i], K. N. Yuzbashyan, ed. (Erevan, 1963). English translation available here.

Trans.: Recit des malheurs de la nation armenienne, M. Canard et H. Berberian, trad. (Bruxelles, 1973).

Povestvovanie vardapeta Aristakesa Lastiverttsi, K. N. Yuzbashyan, trans. (Moscow, 1968).

ANM

 Armenian Neo-martyrs, See Hayoc' Nor Vkaynere below

BH

 Bar Hebraeus, The Chronography of Gregory Abu'l Faraj...Bar Hebraeus, E. A. W. Budge, trans. (London, 1976) reprint of the 1932 edition. Available online here.

CIA

 Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum [Divan Hay Vimagrut'yan]

Vol. 1: H. A. Orbeli, ed. (Erevan, 1966).
Vol. 2: S. G. Barxudaryan, ed. (Erevan, 1960).
Vol. 3: S. G. Barxudaryan, ed. (Erevan, 1967).
Vol. 4: S. G. Barxudaryan, ed. (Erevan, 1973).
Vol. 6: S. A. Avagyan and H. M. Janpoladyan, ed. (Erevan, 1977).

Clav.

 Clavijo, Embassy to Tamerlane 1403-1406, G. Le Strange, trans. (London, 1928)

Dawit' of
Ganjak

 The Penitential of Dawit' of Ganjak, C. J. F. Dowsett, ed. (Louvain, 1961).
Available online here.

GA

 Grigor Aknerc'i, History of the Nation of the Archers (the Mongols), by Grigor of Akanc'... the Armenian text edited with an English trans. by Robert P. Blake and R. N. Frye Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, #3-4(1949) pp. 269-443; printed as a separate book with the same title (Cambridge, Mass., 1954). A second English translation (2003) is available online here.

Trans.: Istoria Mongolov inoka Magakii [Maghak'ia the Monk's History of the Mongols], K. Patkanov, trans., (St. Petersburg, 1871).

Ouvrage de Malakia-Abegha, ou Malakia-le-Moine, in Additions et eclaircissments a l'Histoire de la Georgie, M. Brosset, trans., (St. Petersburg, 1851).

Galstyan, A. G.

 Armianskie istochniki o Mongolakh [Armenian Sources on the Mongols], A. G. Galstyan, trans. (Moscow, 1962).

Hayoc' nor
vkanere

 Hayoc' nor vkanere, 1155-1843 [Armenian Neo-martyrs, ANM], Y. Manandean, Hrh. Acharean, ed. (Vagharshapat, 1903).

Het'um

 Het'um the Historian, Het'um patmich' T'at'arac' [Het'um, Historian of the Tatars], M. Awgerean, trans. (Venice, 1842). English translation available online here.

Ibn al-Athir

 Ibn al-Athir, "Fragments de Geographes et d'Historiens arabes et persans inedit", M. Defremery, trans. JA #13 (1848), #14 (1849).

Ibn Battuta

 Ibn Battuta, The Travels of Ibn Battuta, H. A. R. Gibb, trans. vol. 2 (Cambridge, 1962).

Ibn Bibi

 Ibn Bibi, Die Seltschukengeschichte des Ibn Bibi Munksgaard , (Kopenhagen, 1959).

Trans. of passages relevant to Armenia: Hayastan Ibn Bibi Hamemat [Armenia According to Ibn Bibi], P. Ter-Poghosean, trans., HA (1960).

Juansher

 Juansher, Hamarhot patmut'iwn vrac' encayeal Juansheri patmich'i [Concise History of Georgia Presented by Juansher the Historian], At'. T'iroyan, ed. (Venice, 1884). English translation available online here.

Juvaini

 Juvaini, The History of the World-Conqueror, J. A. Boyle, trans. vol. 1 (Manchester, 1958).

KC

 K'art'lis C'xovreba [The History of K'art'li], S. Qauxch'ishvili, ed. Vol. II (Tbilisi, 1959).

Trans.: K'art'lis C'xovreba, text and French translation by M. Brosset in Histoire de la Georgie, depuis l'antiquite jusqu'au XIX siecle (St. Petersburg, 1849).

Vrac' zhamanakagrut'yun, (1207-1318) [The Georgian Chronicle], P. Muradyan, trans., (Erevan, 1971).

KG

 Kirakos Ganjakec'i, Patmut'iwn Hayoc' [History of Armenia], K. A. Melik'-Ohanjanyan, ed. (Erevan, 1961). English translation available online here.

Trans.: "Histoire d'Armenie par le vartabied Kirakos de Gantzac", Deux historiens armeniens, M. F. Brosset trans. (St. Petersburg, 1870).

Istoriia Armenii [History of Armenia], L. A. Xanlarian, trans. (Moscow, 1976).

MC

 Manr zhamanakagrut'yunner XII-VVIIIdd. [Minor Chronicles of the XIII-XVIII Centuries], V. A. Hakobyan, ed.

vol. 1 (Erevan, 1951)
vol. 2 (Erevan, 1956).

MEd

 Matthew of Edessa, Patmut'iwn Matt'eosi Urhhayec'woy [History of Matthew of Edessa], (Jerusalem, 1869).

Trans.: Bibliotheque historique armenienne, I. E. Dulaurier, trans. (Paris, 1858).

Mxit'ar Ayrivanec'i

 Mxit'ar Ayrivanec'i, Histoire chronologique Mkhithar d'Airivank, M. Brosset, trans. (St. Petersburg, 1869).

Mxit'ar Gosh

 Mxit'ar Gosh, "The Albanian Chronicle of Mxit'ar Gosh", C. J. F. Dowsett, trans. BSOAS #21 (1958). A second English translation (2007) is available online here.

Arhakk' [Fables], (Venice, 1854). English translation available online here.

Girk' datastani [Law Book], X. T'orosyan, ed. (Erevan, 1975).

Q

 Qazvini, The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub of Hamd-Allah Mustawfi of Qazvin, G. Le Strange, trans. (London, 1919).

Rashid al-Din

 Rashid al-Din, The Successors of Genghis Khan, J. A. Boyle, trans. (New York, 1971).

Sbornik letopisei [Collection of Chronicles], A. K. Arends, trans. (Moscow-Leningrad, 1946).

SA

 Samuel of Ani, Samueli k'ahanayi Anec'woy hawak'munk' i groc' patmagrac' [Samuel the Priest of Ani's Collection of Historians' Writings], A. Ter-Mik'elean, ed. (Vagharshapat, 1893).

Trans.: Collection d'historiens armeniens, M. Brosset, trans., vol. II (St. Petersburg, 1876).

Schiltberger

 Johann Schiltberger, The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, J. B. Telfer, trans. (London, 1879).

Smbat Sparapet

 Smbat Sparapet, Smbatay Sparapeti taregirk' [Chronicle of Smbat Sparapet], S. Agelean, ed. (Venice, 1956). English translation available online here.

SO

 Step'annos Orbelean, Patmut'iwn nahangin Sisakan arareal Step'annosi Orbelean ark'episkoposi Siwneac' [History of the State of Sisakan by Step'annos Orbelean, Archbishop of Siwnik'], K. Shahnazareanc', ed. (Paris, 1859).

Trans.: Histoire de la Siounie, M. Brosset, trans. 2 vols. (St. Petersburg, 1864-66).

Spuler, Bertold

 History of the Mongols Based on Eastern and Western Accounts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, translated from German by H. and S. Drummond (Berkeley, 1972).

TA

 T'ovma Arcruni, T'ovmayi vardapeti Arcrunwoy Patmut'iwn tann Arcruneac' [Vardapet T'ovma Arcruni's History of the Arcrunid House], K. Patkanean, ed. (St. Petersburg, 1887).

TM

 T'ovma Mecop'ec'i, Patmut'iwn Lank-T'amuray ew yajordac' iwroc', arareal T'ovma vardapeti Mecop'ec'woy [The History of Tamerlane and His Successors by Vardapet T'ovma Mecop'ec'i], K. Shahnazarean, ed. (Paris, 1860). English translation available online here.

Trans.: Expose des guerres de Tamerlan et de Schah-Rokh dans l'Asie occidentale, d'apres la chronique armenienne inedite de Thomas de Medzoph, Felix Neve, trans. (Brussels, 1861).

Tm, col.

 T'ovma Mecop'ec'u yishatakarane [T'ovma Mecop'ec'i's Colophon], K. Kostanean, ed. (Tiflis, 1892).

VA. Geog.

 Vardan Arewelc'i, Ashxarhac'oyc' Vardanay Vardapeti [Geography of Vardan Vardapet], H. Berberian, ed. (Paris, 1960).

VA. Hist.

 Vardan Arewelc'i, Hawak'umn patmut'ean Vardanay vardapeti lusabaneal [Compilation of History by Vardapet Vardan Arewelc'i], (Venice, 1862. English translation available online here.

VT

 Vimakan taregir [Annal of Inscriptions], K. Kostaneanc', ed. (St. Petersburg, 1913).

WR

 William of Rubruck, The Journey of William of Rubruck, W. Rockhill, trans. (London, 1900). Available online here.

Xach'ikyan, L.

 14CC, XIX Dari hayeren jerhagreri hishatakaranner [Colophons of XIVth Century Armenian Manuscripts], L. Xach'ikyan, ed. (Erevan, 1950).

15CC, XV Dari hayeren jerhagreri hishatakaranner [Colophons of XVth Century Armenian Manuscripts, L. Xach'ikyan, ed., vol. I (1401-1450), (Erevan, 1955) .

Yaqut

 Yaqut al-Hamavi. Passages relevant to Armenia and neighboring areas have been drawn from the Armenian translation in Arabakan, pp. 5-121.

Yov. Yish.

 Yishatakarank' jerhagrac' [Manuscript Colophons], G. Yovsepean, ed. (Antilias, 1951).

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