Ձեռագիր յիշատակարանները որպէս Կիլիկիոյ պատմութեան սկզբնաղբիւր
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1994
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Though the content of the colophons of the Armenian manuscripts have been used for quite a long time now, their main use as source material for the history of Cilicia has been of a later period. Inspite of the rich material the colophons present, care has to be taken while making their use and minutely examined the givens with diligence and hard criticism.
While analyzing the content of the Armenian colophons, one finds them bearing
A. on the history of Cilicia (kings, the court, their dynasty, the Armenian Church and the catholicos and their relationship with western Christian Churches, and political and military events in Armenian Cilician Kingdom and its adjacent neighboring countries;
B. on the sundry political, social, military or religious informations on not only Cilicia and its adjacent countries but also on the far away places and states, such as Syria, Egypt, Iconium, Jerusalem, Persia, Spain, Hungary and Germanic principalities and kingdoms;
C. on the various givens on society and life, trade and economic wealth, customs and habits, and even on the natural mishaps, disasters and calamities; and
D. on the coming in use of a number of new and alien personal and geographical names which indicate the close interrelation between the Armenians in Cilicia and the different peoples and nations, and the various and foreign cultures and civilizations both in the east and west.
After indicating the possible uses of the Armenian colophons which specially date from 1200-1255, the author concludes that he "presented a few facts of the use of the colophons, yet we are convinced that their coordinated chronological and content study will unconditionally shed new light on the history of Cilicia, on the one hand confirming the already relevant proofs and dates; in the second case, verifying and completing them; and in the third case, shedding new light on the period. The coordinated study presupposes a selective use of the colophons pertaining to the eleventh to mid-fifteenth centuries."
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Մելքոնեան, Ե., «Ձեռագիր յիշատակարանները որպէս Կիլիկիոյ պատմութեան սկզբնաղբիւր», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 1994, Պէյրութ, էջ 53-61