Research Catalog

Title

The Armenian history attributed to Sebeos / translated, with notes, by R.W. Thomson ; historical commentary by James Howard-Johnston ; assistance from Tim Greenwood.

Author

Sebēos, Bishop of Bagratunikʻ, active 7th century

Publication

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thomson, Robert W., 1934-2018
• Howard-Johnston, James
• Greenwood, Tim

Description

2 v. (lxxvii, 355 p.) : maps; 21 cm.

Summary

This, the first English translation of the 1979 critical edition of the classical Armenian text, is of interest to all those studying the Middle East in late antiquity, since Sebeos not only sets the scene for the coming of Islam but provides the only substantial non-Muslim account of the initial period of expansion. The notes are specifically aimed at the reader unfamiliar with Armenian. The historical commentary makes an original contribution to modern scholarship on the period, and assesses the accuracy and value of the text.

Series Statement

Translated texts for historians ; v. 31

Uniform Title

• Patmutʻiwn i Herakln. English. 1999
• Translated texts for historians v. 31.

Alternative Title

Patmutʻiwn i Herakln. 1999

Subject

• Sebēos, Bishop of Bagratunikʻ, active 7th century
• 428-640
• Armenia > History > 428-640
• Armenia > Historiography

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "The following translation has been made from the critical edition of the text prepared by G.V. Abgaryan entitled Patmutʻiwn Sebeosi (Erevan, 1979)"--Note to the reader.
• Translation of: Patmutʻiwn i Herakln.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-308) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Translation and notes -- pt. 2. Historical commentary.

ISBN

0853235643 (two part set)

OCLC

• 44228890
• SCSB-12123406

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library