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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Vardan Areveltsi</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1198</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Gandzak,_Armenia" title="Gandzak, Armenia">Gandzak</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">1271<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Khor_Virap" title="Khor Virap">Khor Virap</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Vardan Mec<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Goshavank" title="Goshavank">Goshavank</a>, Khornashat Monastery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">Historian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geographer" title="Geographer">geographer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Historical Compilation</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vardan Areveltsi</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Վարդան Արևելցի</span>; <b>Vardan the Easterner</b>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1198</span> – 1271 <a href="/wiki/AD" class="mw-redirect" title="AD">AD</a>) was a thirteenth-century <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geographer" title="Geographer">geographer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a> and <a href="/wiki/Translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Translator">translator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to establishing numerous schools and monasteries, he also left behind a rich contribution to Armenian literature.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is well known for writing <i>Havakumn Patmutsyun</i> (<i>Historical Compilation</i>), one of the first ever attempts to write a history of the world by an Armenian historian. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vardan_Areveltsi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vardan_Areveltsi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vardan was born in Gandzak in 1198. He received his education at a school in Gandzak and at Nor Getik Monastery (later known as <a href="/wiki/Goshavank" title="Goshavank">Goshavank</a>), where he was student of the prominent scholar <a href="/wiki/Mkhitar_Gosh" title="Mkhitar Gosh">Mkhitar Gosh</a>. He continued his studies at the Khornashat monastery in <a href="/wiki/Tavush" class="mw-redirect" title="Tavush">Tavush</a>, learning <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">literature</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammar" title="Grammar">grammar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a>. He also learned several languages while at Khornashat, mastering <a href="/wiki/Hebrew" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew">Hebrew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1235, Vardan became a <i><a href="/wiki/Vardapet" title="Vardapet">vardapet</a></i> and put his experience in education into action: he opened a school at St. Andre monastery in Kayenaberd and taught there from 1235 to 1239 and from 1252 to 1255. In 1239, he left Armenia for <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> and on his return journey, traveled through the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia" title="Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia">Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia</a>, where he was a guest in the royal court of <a href="/wiki/Hetoum_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Hetoum I">Het'um I</a>. He remained in Cilicia long enough to participate in the 1243 <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_council" title="Ecumenical council">ecumenical council</a> in the capital at <a href="/wiki/Kozan,_Adana" title="Kozan, Adana">Sis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vardan returned home in 1245, bringing along with him the canon laws that were decided upon at Sis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_and_ecclesiastical_activity">Educational and ecclesiastical activity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vardan_Areveltsi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Educational and ecclesiastical activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:History_of_Vardan_Areveltsi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/History_of_Vardan_Areveltsi.jpg/200px-History_of_Vardan_Areveltsi.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/History_of_Vardan_Areveltsi.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption>Publishing of "Historical Compilation", Venice, 1862</figcaption></figure> <p>Three years later, Vardan traveled to the Cilician Armenia once more, this time participating in the governmental and social affairs of the kingdom. He was a fierce opponent of what he saw as the encroachment of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> churches in Cilician Armenia and fought diligently to counter their influences.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in Cilicia, Vardan also worked with <a href="/wiki/Catholicos" title="Catholicos">Catholicos</a> <a href="/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Cilicia" title="Constantine I of Cilicia">Constantine Bardzraberdtsi</a> to write an ecclesiastical treatise entitled "Didactic Paper", which was intended for use in eastern Armenia. His religious activities also included writing a letter to the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> in regards to the latter's attempts to extend <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> in the kingdom and his participation in another ecumenical council in 1251 in Sis. </p><p>In 1252, Vardan returned to Armenia and began organizing an ecumenical council that would convene in <a href="/wiki/Haghpat" title="Haghpat">Haghpat</a> and Dzagavan. Returning to educational life, he also established institutions for learning at the monasteries of <a href="/wiki/Saghmosavank" title="Saghmosavank">Saghmosavank</a>, Teghenyats, Aghjots, and Khorakert. He remained an instructor at Haghpat for several years until 1255, when he traveled to <a href="/wiki/Khor_Virap" title="Khor Virap">Khor Virap</a>, establishing a <a href="/wiki/Seminary" title="Seminary">seminary</a> there.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Khor Virap, he introduced a curriculum which included <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logic" title="Logic">logic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Public_speaking" title="Public speaking">oratory</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grammar" title="Grammar">grammar</a>. Many of his pupils went on to become notable Armenian intellectuals, including Gevork Skevṛatsi, Hovhannes Yerznkatsi, Nerses Mshetsi, and Grigor Bjnetsi.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1264, Vardan also played an important role as a negotiator when he went to <a href="/wiki/Tabriz" title="Tabriz">Tabriz</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol">Mongol</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Hulagu_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulagu Khan">Hulagu Khan</a> was residing. He brokered an agreement which gave special privileges to the Armenians living under the yoke of the Mongol Empire and settled a deal on the collection of levies and taxes. Vardan's ties with the Mongols were especially intimate, as he was allowed to become the religious adviser of Hulagu Khan's wife, <a href="/wiki/Doquz_Khatun" title="Doquz Khatun">Doquz Khatun</a>, who happened to be a <a href="/wiki/Nestorian_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Nestorian Christian">Nestorian Christian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vardan died in 1271 in Khor Virap, bequeathing a significant literary legacy which encompassed Armenia's political, cultural, religious, and social lives.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vardan_Areveltsi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over 120 works attributed to Vardan Areveltsi have been preserved.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among his most significant works is a 66 item collection called <i>Lutsmunk i Surb Grots</i> (better known as <i>Zhghlank</i>, or <i>Chats</i>), which was written at the request of King Het'um I.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is written in the vernacular tongue, making it easily comprehensible and concerns itself with many questions related to the nature of life (nature, the formation of celestial bodies, <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Botany" title="Botany">botany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zoology" title="Zoology">zoology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">language</a>, philosophical questions revolving around man, music, etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, a critical observation Vardan makes in this work is his expression in the belief that, "nothing outside of nature moves nor stops; motion is not solely the movement of one place to another, but an inner transformation which moves from one state to another."<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Vardan's most important work is his <i>Havakumn Patmutsyun</i> (<i>Historical Compilation</i>). Much like <a href="/wiki/Movses_Khorenatsi" title="Movses Khorenatsi">Movses Khorenatsi</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/History_of_Armenia_(Moses_of_Chorene)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Armenia (Moses of Chorene)">History of Armenia</a></i>, <i>Havakumn Patmutsyun</i> is an attempt to trace Armenian history from its beginnings to the present day. But the work is also significant for attempting to document the history of the entire world. Starting with the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Babel" title="Tower of Babel">Tower of Babel</a> and the epic battle between <a href="/wiki/Hayk" title="Hayk">Hayk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belus_(Assyrian)" title="Belus (Assyrian)">Bel</a>, the history ends with the death of Constantine I Bardzraberdtsi's death in 1267.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is, however, considered more a <a href="/wiki/Chronicle" title="Chronicle">chronicle</a>, rather than the histories written by traditional Armenian authors.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vardan also translated many foreign works into Armenian. One of the most significant was <a href="/wiki/Michael_the_Syrian" title="Michael the Syrian">Michael the Syrian</a>'s <i>Chronicle</i> translation in 1248. Other translated works included conversations and works on philosophy, theology, which were translated from Greek, Latin, and <a href="/wiki/Syriac_language" title="Syriac language">Syriac</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Below is a partial list of his works, many of which, including facsimiles, are currently preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Matenadaran" title="Matenadaran">Matenadaran</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a>, Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-SAE_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Ashqharatsuyts</i> (<i>Geography</i>)</li> <li><i>Lutsmunk i Surb Grots</i> (also known as <i>Zhghlank</i>)</li> <li><i>Havakumn Patmutsyun</i> (<i>Historical Compilation</i>)</li> <li><i>Vark' Zardaretsin</i> (<i>Those who embellished</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vardan_Areveltsi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robert W. Thomson. Vardan Arevelc'i // Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. (1200-1350) / Edited by David Thomas and Alex Mallett. — BRILL, 2012. — Vol. 4. — P. 444 "<i>Vardan was known as Arevelc'i ('from the East'), or Mec ('great') to distinguish him from numerous other Vardans.</i>"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Cambridge History of Iran / Edited by J. A. Boyle. — <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>, 1968. — Vol. 5. — p. 42.:"<i>The 7th/13th-century Armenian historian Vardan calls Toghril "leader of the Doger", another Oghuz tribe, who, unlike the Qiniq, did play a significant role in northern Iran</i>"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SAE-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAE_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hovhannisyan, Petros. <i>«Վարդան Արևելցի»</i> (Vardan Areveltsi). <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Encyclopedia" title="Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia">Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia</a>. vol. xi. Yerevan: <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Academy_of_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Academy of Sciences">Armenian Academy of Sciences</a>, 1985, pp. 312-313. <span class="languageicon">(in Armenian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLane2003" class="citation book cs1">Lane, George E. (2003). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/earlymongolrulet00lane"><i>Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran: A Persian Renaissance</i></a></span>. London: Routledge. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/earlymongolrulet00lane/page/n27">13</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-29750-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-29750-8"><bdi>0-415-29750-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Early+Mongol+Rule+in+Thirteenth-Century+Iran%3A+A+Persian+Renaissance&rft.place=London&rft.pages=13&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-415-29750-8&rft.aulast=Lane&rft.aufirst=George+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fearlymongolrulet00lane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVardan+Areveltsi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hacikyan, Agop Jack, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, and Nourhan Ouzounian (2002). <i>The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Vol. 2: From the Sixth to the Eighteenth Century</i>. Detroit: Wayne State University, p. 486. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8143-3023-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-8143-3023-1">0-8143-3023-1</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hacikyan et al. <i>Heritage of Armenian Literature</i>, p. 487.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vardan_Areveltsi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rbedrosian.com/vaint.htm">Translator's preface for Vardan Arewelts'i's Compilation of History, English translation by Robert Bedrosian</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.attalus.org/armenian/vaint.htm">English translation of the Compilation of History</a> - <i>mirror if main site is unavailable</i></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output 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href="/w/index.php?title=Shapuh_Bagratuni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shapuh Bagratuni (page does not exist)">Shapuh Bagratuni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">10th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tovma_Artsruni" title="Tovma Artsruni">Tovma Artsruni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hovhannes_Draskhanakerttsi" title="Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi">Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukhtanes_of_Sebastia" title="Ukhtanes of Sebastia">Ukhtanes of Sebastia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movses_Kaghankatvatsi" title="Movses Kaghankatvatsi">Movses Kaghankatvatsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenob_Glak" title="Zenob Glak">Zenob Glak</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aharon_Vanandetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aharon Vanandetsi (page does not 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_of_Edessa" title="Matthew of Edessa">Matthew of Edessa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grigor_Yerets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grigor Yerets (page does not exist)">Grigor Yerets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Anetsi" title="Samuel Anetsi">Samuel Anetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mkhitar_Gosh" title="Mkhitar Gosh">Mkhitar Gosh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mkhitar_Anetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mkhitar Anetsi (page does not exist)">Mkhitar Anetsi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">13th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vardan Areveltsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hovhanes_Avagerets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hovhanes Avagerets (page does not exist)">Hovhanes Avagerets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirakos_of_Gandzak" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirakos of Gandzak">Kirakos of Gandzak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sempad_the_Constable" title="Sempad the Constable">Sempad the Constable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekhitar_of_Ayrivank" title="Mekhitar of Ayrivank">Mekhitar of Ayrivank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayton_of_Corycus" title="Hayton of Corycus">Hayton of Corycus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Akner" title="Gregory of Akner">Gregory of Akner</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vahram_Rabuni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vahram Rabuni (page does not exist)">Vahram Rabuni</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stepanos_Episkopos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stepanos Episkopos (page does not exist)">Stepanos Episkopos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Orbelian" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Orbelian">Stephen Orbelian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">14th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nerses_Balients" title="Nerses Balients">Nerses Palianents</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">15th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_of_Metsoph" title="Thomas of Metsoph">Thomas of Metsoph</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirakos_Banaser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kirakos Banaser (page does not exist)">Kirakos Banaser</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sebastatsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sebastatsi (page does not exist)">Sebastatsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Ankyuratsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abraham Ankyuratsi (page does not exist)">Abraham Ankyuratsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Merdintsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Merdintsi (page does not exist)">David Merdintsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martiros_Yerznkatsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martiros Yerznkatsi (page does not exist)">Martiros Yerznkatsi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">16th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barsegh_Arjishetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barsegh Arjishetsi (page does not exist)">Barsegh Arjishetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hovhanes_Arjishetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hovhanes Arjishetsi 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Aguletsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minas_Amdetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minas Amdetsi (page does not exist)">Minas Amdetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeremia_Chelebi_Keomurjian" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeremia Chelebi Keomurjian">Yeremia Chelebi Keomurjian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakob_Hisusi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hakob Hisusi (page does not exist)">Hakob Hisusi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grigor_dpir_Varagetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grigor dpir Varagetsi (page does not exist)">Grigor dpir Varagetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Tokhatetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gabriel Tokhatetsi (page does not exist)">Gabriel Tokhatetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vardan_Baghishetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vardan Baghishetsi (page does not exist)">Vardan Baghishetsi</a></li> <li><a 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Bel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahagn" title="Vahagn">Vahagn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tork_Angegh" title="Tork Angegh">Tork Angegh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ara_the_Beautiful" class="mw-redirect" title="Ara the Beautiful">Ara the Beautiful and Shamiram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satenik" title="Satenik">Artashes and Satenik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_of_Sassoun" title="David of Sassoun">David of Sassoun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Genres" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Genres</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_chant" title="Armenian chant">Sharakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagh" title="Tagh">Tagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayren" title="Hayren">Hayren</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antuni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antuni (page does not exist)">Antuni</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horovel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horovel (page does not exist)">Horovel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="V—IX_centuries" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">V—IX centuries</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Golden_age" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Golden age</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koryun" class="mw-redirect" title="Koryun">Koryun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathangelos" title="Agathangelos">Agathangelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eznik_of_Kolb" title="Eznik of Kolb">Eznik of Kolb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeghishe" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeghishe">Yeghishe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faustus_of_Byzantium" class="mw-redirect" title="Faustus of Byzantium">Faustus of Byzantium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movses_Khorenatsi" title="Movses Khorenatsi">Movses Khorenatsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazar_Parpetsi" title="Ghazar Parpetsi">Ghazar Parpetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hovhan_Mandakuni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hovhan Mandakuni (page does not exist)">Hovhan Mandakuni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_the_Invincible" title="David the Invincible">David the Invincible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebeos" title="Sebeos">Sebeos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komitas_(Catholicos)" class="mw-redirect" title="Komitas (Catholicos)">Komitas Aghtsetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mamikonean" title="John Mamikonean">John Mamikonean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davtak_Kertogh" title="Davtak Kertogh">Davtak Kertogh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_III_of_Odzun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John III of Odzun (page does not exist)">John III of Odzun</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stepanos_Syunetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stepanos Syunetsi (page does not exist)">Stepanos Syunetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghevond" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghevond">Ghevond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahakdukht" title="Sahakdukht">Sahakdukht</a></li> <li><a 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Yerznkatsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Akner" title="Gregory of Akner">Gregory of Akner</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khachatur_Kecharetsi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khachatur Kecharetsi (page does not exist)">Khachatur Kecharetsi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esayi_of_Nich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Esayi of Nich (page does not exist)">Esayi of Nich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terter_Yerevantsi" title="Terter Yerevantsi">Terter Yerevantsi</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="XV—XVI_centuries" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">XV—XVI centuries</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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