History of Vardan and the Armenian War

VII 122^a — 143^a The seventh mode. In which the virtue of the Armenians is again set in order, and the wickedness of Vasak appears even worse.

"Now again at that time... his works."

VIII 144^a — 211^b The eighth. Again concerning that same war and the sufferings of the holy priests.

"Now in the sixteenth year... the mother-city of good things," and so on.

12. Manuscript D No. 1886 (1683)

Folios — 232 (it is marked 233, but there is no 222 numbered folio and the folios at the end 218—224 incl. are mixed; noted by Sahak V. Amatuni); Size — 24 X 16; Material — paper; Binding — leather-covered board with stamp work; Script — single column 19.5 X 12.5, bolorgir round-letter minuscule script; Scribe — Anton; Recipient — Hovhannes the Deacon; Date — 14th century (?); Inscriptions — 80^b, 95^a, 104^a, 121^a, 124^b, 168^a, 173^a, 186^b, 187^a:

Regarding this manuscript in connection with Zenob Glak — Hovhan Mamikonyan, see Hovhan Mamikonyan, "History of Taron," edited by Ash. Abrahamyan, Yerevan 1941, p. XIV.

CONTENTS

1^a — 58^a Zenob Glak — Hovhan Mamikonyan.
58^a — 95^a Concerning the lineage of Saint Gregory and the vision of Saint Nerses.
95^a — 110^a Four discourses of John Chrysostom.
110^a — 115^a Martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs.
115^a — 117^b Eulogy to the Mother of God, Mary, by Peter, Bishop of Siwnik.
117^b — 121^a Discourse of John Chrysostom.
121^a — 124^a By Lord Hovhan concerning the deceased who are in Christ.
124^b — 232^b Eghishe's "History."
124^b The original title — "Memorial of Saint Vardan, the Armenian General."
Under the illuminated arch on the same page, a new title is written in a later hand in notrgir a cursive, thin-lined script: "History of Saint Vardan the Brave, and Armenian Commander and Martyr of Christ, written as requested by Eghishe of the holy priest David."
From the inscriptions, we bring only the following:
124^b In the lower margin — "Remember Bishop Alpiaukh, the illuminator, in the Lord with one mercy, and God will remember you."
168^a "Through the intercession of the holy Vardanantz, Christ God, have mercy on the recipient of this book, Hovhannes the Deacon, and his parents, and on me, the sinful scribe Anton, and my parents and all my blood relatives, and may the Lord God grant the reward of good things to all who say 'Amen' to these, here and in the hereafter, Amen."