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the Life of Mashtots' by his Disciple Koriwn: Translated from Classical Armenian with Introduction and Commentary
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the Life of Mashtots' by his Disciple Koriwn: Translated from Classical Armenian with Introduction and Commentary
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the Life of Mashtots' by his Disciple Koriwn: Translated from Classical Armenian with Introduction and Commentary
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is mostly praise for the inventor of the Armenian alphabetthe only inventor of an ancient alphabet known by nameand progenitor of Armenian literacy that began with the translation of the Bible. Written three years after his death, by an early disciple named Koriwn, it narrates the master's endeavors in search for letters, the establishment of schools, and the ensuing literary activity that yielded countless translations of religious texts known in the Early Church of the East. As an encomium from Late Antiquity,
exhibits all the literary features of the genre to which it belongs, delineated through rhetorical analysis by Abraham Terian, who comments on the entire document almost phrase by phrase.
Translated from the latest Armenian edition of the text (2003), this edition of
includes a facing English translation and commentary. The extraordinary narrative parades historical characters including the Patriarch of the Armenian Church, Catholicos Sahak (d. 439), the Arsacid King of Armenia, Vramshapuh (r. 401-417), and the Roman Emperor of the East, Theodosius II (r. 408-450). Koriwn is an eminently inspiring rhetorical writer and one of the first four authors known to write in the newly invented script. The marked influence of
is discernible in subsequent Armenian writings of the fifth century, dubbed 'The Golden Era'.