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'''''The Book of Letters''''' or '''''The Book of Messages'''''<ref>Тер-Гевондян А. Н. Армения и арабский халифат. — Ер.: Изд-во АН Арм. ССР, 1977. — С. 7.</ref>({{langx|hy|Գիրք թղթոց}}) is an Armenian collection of church and religious documents of the 7th century.<ref name="Trever">Тревер К. В. Очерки по истории и культуре Кавказской Албании. — М—Л., 1959. — С. 294.</ref> It is a copy made in 1298 by a priest named Thomas of Hromklay (Tovma Hromklayeci), at Sis, the capital of Cilician Armenia. Thomas' copy was taken in part from an earlier collection made in 1077.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garsoïan |first=Nina G. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Paulician_heresy/sk9Q-A0zwq0C |title=The Paulician heresy: a study of the origin and development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the Eastern Procinces of the Byzantine empire |date=2011-05-02 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-134452-2 |pages=85-86 |language=en}}</ref> Includes authentic correspondence of church figures from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, etc. <ref name="Ново">Новосельцев А. П. Генезис феодализма в странах Закавказья. — М.: Наука, 1980. — С. 53.</ref> |
'''''The Book of Letters''''' or '''''The Book of Messages'''''<ref>Тер-Гевондян А. Н. Армения и арабский халифат. — Ер.: Изд-во АН Арм. ССР, 1977. — С. 7.</ref>({{langx|hy|Գիրք թղթոց}}) is an Armenian collection of church and religious documents of the 7th century.<ref name="Trever">Тревер К. В. Очерки по истории и культуре Кавказской Албании. — М—Л., 1959. — С. 294.</ref> It is a copy made in 1298 by a priest named Thomas of [[Rumkale|Hromklay]] (Tovma Hromklayeci), at Sis, the capital of Cilician Armenia. Thomas' copy was taken in part from an earlier collection made in 1077.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garsoïan |first=Nina G. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Paulician_heresy/sk9Q-A0zwq0C |title=The Paulician heresy: a study of the origin and development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the Eastern Procinces of the Byzantine empire |date=2011-05-02 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-134452-2 |pages=85-86 |language=en}}</ref> Includes authentic correspondence of church figures from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, etc. <ref name="Ново">Новосельцев А. П. Генезис феодализма в странах Закавказья. — М.: Наука, 1980. — С. 53.</ref> |
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It is assumed that the main part of the collection was compiled by Catholicos [[Komitas Aghtsetsi]] (615-628). Later, 98 more documents (letters) were added, which chronologically cover the period of the 5th-13th centuries.<ref>Michael E. Stone. Adam and Eve in the Armenian Traditions, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries. — Society of Biblical Lit, 2013. — P. 687. — (Early Judaism and its literature, 38).</ref> The oldest document is a letter from the Archbishop of Constantinople [[Proclus of Constantinople|Proclus]] to [[Sahak Partev]]. The compilation of the collection was due to the struggle of the [[Armenian Church]] against [[Chalcedonism]]. The Book of Letters is an important historical source for revealing the history of the Armenian Church in the early Middle Ages. The materials of the collection also contain important information about other countries of the Transcaucasus - [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Caucasian Albania]],<ref name="Trever" /> valuable data on the social terminology of the time<ref name="Ново" /> |
It is assumed that the main part of the collection was compiled by Catholicos [[Komitas Aghtsetsi]] (615-628). Later, 98 more documents (letters) were added, which chronologically cover the period of the 5th-13th centuries.<ref>Michael E. Stone. Adam and Eve in the Armenian Traditions, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries. — Society of Biblical Lit, 2013. — P. 687. — (Early Judaism and its literature, 38).</ref> The oldest document is a letter from the Archbishop of Constantinople [[Proclus of Constantinople|Proclus]] to [[Sahak Partev]]. The compilation of the collection was due to the struggle of the [[Armenian Church]] against [[Chalcedonism]]. The Book of Letters is an important historical source for revealing the history of the Armenian Church in the early Middle Ages. The materials of the collection also contain important information about other countries of the Transcaucasus - [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Caucasian Albania]],<ref name="Trever" /> valuable data on the social terminology of the time<ref name="Ново" /> |
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Latest revision as of 17:08, 18 December 2024
The Book of Letters or The Book of Messages[1](Armenian: Գիրք թղթոց) is an Armenian collection of church and religious documents of the 7th century.[2] It is a copy made in 1298 by a priest named Thomas of Hromklay (Tovma Hromklayeci), at Sis, the capital of Cilician Armenia. Thomas' copy was taken in part from an earlier collection made in 1077.[3] Includes authentic correspondence of church figures from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, etc. [4]
It is assumed that the main part of the collection was compiled by Catholicos Komitas Aghtsetsi (615-628). Later, 98 more documents (letters) were added, which chronologically cover the period of the 5th-13th centuries.[5] The oldest document is a letter from the Archbishop of Constantinople Proclus to Sahak Partev. The compilation of the collection was due to the struggle of the Armenian Church against Chalcedonism. The Book of Letters is an important historical source for revealing the history of the Armenian Church in the early Middle Ages. The materials of the collection also contain important information about other countries of the Transcaucasus - Georgia and Caucasian Albania,[2] valuable data on the social terminology of the time[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Тер-Гевондян А. Н. Армения и арабский халифат. — Ер.: Изд-во АН Арм. ССР, 1977. — С. 7.
- ^ a b Тревер К. В. Очерки по истории и культуре Кавказской Албании. — М—Л., 1959. — С. 294.
- ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (2011-05-02). The Paulician heresy: a study of the origin and development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the Eastern Procinces of the Byzantine empire. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-3-11-134452-2.
- ^ a b Новосельцев А. П. Генезис феодализма в странах Закавказья. — М.: Наука, 1980. — С. 53.
- ^ Michael E. Stone. Adam and Eve in the Armenian Traditions, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries. — Society of Biblical Lit, 2013. — P. 687. — (Early Judaism and its literature, 38).