Late Antique Historiography

History of Vardan Mamikonean

Title(s):
  • History of Vardan Mamikonean
  • Վասն Վարդանայ և Հայոց Պատերազմին
    (Vasn Vardanay ew Hayocʻ Paterazmin, The history of Vardan and the Armenian war)
Author:
Period covered:
Ca. 240-451
Language:
Armenian
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Secular history (ethnic history)
  • Secular history (epic history)
Remarks:
For further discussion of the manuscripts, see Ter Minasyan (1957: ix-lix).
Edition - Translation:
  • E. Ter-Minasyan (1957) Եղիշէի վասն Վարդանայ եւ Հայոց Պատերազմին (Ełišēi vasn Vardanay ew Hayoc‘ Paterazmin: Ełishe, The History of Vardan and the Armenian war). Yerevan.
  • R.W. Thomson (1993) Eghishe, The History of Vardan and the Armenian war: A facsimile reproduction of the 1957 Yerevan edition. Delmar (NY).
  • R.W. Thomson (1982) History of Vardan and the Armenian war. Cambridge.
  • Y. Tzovickean, D. Poyačean (1952) The history of Vartanank. New York.
  • K. Uzbashyan, K.M. Muradyan (2003) ‘Eghishe, Vasn Vardanay ew Hayoc‘ paterazmin’. In: Matenagirk‘ Hayoc‘. Volume One: Fifth century. Ant‘ilias: 521-764.
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Bibliography:
  • N. Akinean (1953) Ełišē Vardapet ew iwr Patmut‘iwnn Hayoc‘ Paterazmin: Kʹnnakan usumnasirut‘iwn. Three volumes. Third edition. Vienna.
  • A.J. Hacikyan, G. Basmajian, E.S. Franchuk, N. Ouzounian (2000) (eds.) The heritage of Armenian literature. Volume One: From the oral tradition to the golden age. Detroit: 239-266.
  • B. Kiwlēsērean (1909) Ełišē, k‘nnakan usumnasirut‘iwn. Vienna.
  • R.W. Thomson (1995) A bibliography of classical Armenian literature to 1500 A.D. Turnhout: 112-116.
  • R.W. Thomson (2007) 'Supplement to a bibliography of classical Armenian literature to 1500 A.D.: Publications 1993-2005'. Le muséon 120: 183-184.