Late Antique Historiography

Armenian translation of the Chronicle of Eusebius

Title(s):
  • Armenian translation of the Chronicle of Eusebius
  • Քրոնիկոն
    (Κ῾ronikon, Chronicon)
Author:
Period covered:
Abraham-325
Language:
Armenian
State of Preservation:
Partial
Genre:
  • Chronicle (chronica)
  • Form (translation)
  • Chronicle (chronography)
Remarks:
The Armenian translation misses the last part of the Chronici canones and stops the chronicle in A.D. 301, but some missing passages are found in Ms. Matenadaran 2679 (cf. Drost-Abgarjan 2016). Christesen and Martirosova (2006) argue that the Chronicle had already been translated into Armenian by 450, a date already suggested by J.B. Aucher (1818), while Karst (1911) argued for a later date, ca. 600.
Edition - Translation:
  • J.B. Aucher (1818) Eusebii Pamphili Caesariensis episcopi Chronicon bipartum. Two Volumes (Ewsebi Pamp‛ileay Kesarats‛woy zhamanakakan’ erkmasneay). Venice.
  • J. Karst (1911) Eusebius: Werke. Volume Five: Die Chronik des Eusebius aus dem Armenischen übersetzt (Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte, 20). Leipzig.
  • Patrologia Graeca 19: 99-598
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Bibliography:
  • R. Burgess (1999) Studies in Eusebian and post-Eusebian chronography. Volume One: The Chronici canones of Eusebius of Caesarea: Structure, content, and chronology, A.D. 282-325 (Historia Einzelschriften, 135). Stuttgart: 1-109.
  • P. Christesen, Z. Martirosova-Torlone (2006) 'The Olympic victor list of Eusebius: Background, text, and translation'. Traditio 61, 31-93.
  • A. Drost-Abgarjan (2016) 'The reception of Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. 264-339) in Armenia'. In: Greek texts and Armenian traditions: An interdisciplinary approach, ed. F. Gazzano - L. Pagani - G. Traina (Trends in Classics, Supplementar 39). Berlin-Boston: 215-229.
  • A. Drost-Abgarjan (2006) 'Ein neuer Fund zur armenischen Version der Eusebios-Chronik'. In: Julius Africanus und die christliche Weltchronistik (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur 157), ed. M. Wallraff. Berlin: 255-262.
  • P. Christesen, Z. Martirosova-Torlone (2006) 'The Olympic victor list of Eusebius: Background, text, and translation'. Traditio 61, 31-93.
  • T. Mommsen (1895) 'Die armenischen Handschriften der Chronik des Eusebius'. Hermes 30: 322-338.
  • R. Schmitt (2001) 'The Chronicle of Eusebius: A text neglected by Armenologists'. In: Autori classici in lingue del Vicino e Medio Oriente, ed. G. Fiaccadori. Rome: 273-281.
  • R.W. Thomson (1995) A bibliography of classical Armenian literature to 1500 A.D. Turnhout: 51-52.
  • R.W. Thomson (2007) 'Supplement to a bibliography of classical Armenian literature to 1500 A.D.: Publications 1993-2005'. Le muséon 120: 173.