Late Antique Historiography

History of the Armenians

Title(s):
  • History of the Armenians
  • Պատմութիւն Հայոց
    (Patmut῾iwn Hayoc῾, History of the Armenians)
Author:
Period covered:
Noah's flood-923/924
Language:
Armenian
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Secular history (ethnic history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
According to Maksoudian (1980: 27), the division into chapters is not original but due to a later editor, as not all the manuscripts contain such divisions. The extent and some discrepancies of John’s work suggest that John wrote his History at different times and places (cf. Maksoudian 1980: 30). There is no critical edition. A exhaustive list of manuscripts is given by Maksoudian (1987: 53-57).
Edition - Translation:
  • P. Boisson-Chenorhokian (2004) Yovhannēs Drasxanakertc῾i, Histoire de l'Arménie: Introduction, traduction et notes (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 605: Subsidia, 115). Leuven.
  • K. Maksoudian (1980) Hovhannēs Draskhanakertets῾i patmut῾iwn hayots῾: A facsimile reproduction of the 1912 Tiflis edition with an introduction by Krikor Maksoudian. New York.
  • K. Maksoudian (1987) Yovhannēs Drasxanakertc῾I: History of Armenia. Atlanta.
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Bibliography:
  • M. Emin (1853) Yovhannu kat῾ołikosi Drasxanakertec῾woy Patmut῾iwn Hayoc῾. Moscow.
  • R.W. Thomson (1995) A bibliography of classical Armenian literature to 1500 A.D. Turhnout: 219-220.
  • R.W. Thomson (2007) 'Supplement to a bibliography of classical Armenian literature to 1500 A.D.: Publications 1993-2005'. Le muséon 120: 192-232, 204.