History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

PREFACE.
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of the Reubenian princes from their origin to the reign
of that monarch, extending to the year 12S0.
Thomas Mezobensis the monk, flourished in the
fifteenth century. He wrote a faithful account of the
enormities committed by the tyrant Tamerlane and other
invaders of the country of Armenia. He also gives an
account of the repairs of the pontifical house in Etchmiatchin,
extending to the year 1447.
Arackiel the monk, a native of Tabriz, flourished
in the seventeenth century. He was one of the members
of the fraternity of Etchmiatchin. At the particular
desn-e of Philip the pontiff", he commenced writing a
history of his own times; but after labouring at it for four
years, the death of the pontiff" put a stop to its further
progress.
He was, however, duly encouraged by Jacob,
successor of the late pontiff", to carry on the history, and
after the lapse of four years more he was enabled to finish
it.
The whole work comprises a narrative of sixty years,
beginning from the year 1601, and ending in the year
1662. A brief extract of the succession of the Armenian
pontiff's is annexed to it, but not much dependance is to be
placed on its
author himself.
accuracy, according to the testimony of the
This history was published at Amsterdam
in the year 1669, Haican era 1118, by the celebrated
Doctor Voskan. A brief chronology is annexed at the end
of this edition, but it is far from being regular and faithful.
Besides the above histories, there is
a very voluminous
work entitled, " The Daily Readings of the Church."
This is not the work of a single individual, but was
written by different Armenian authors, who lived at
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