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of Armenia, the author focusaed on but two principal arenas,
Greater Armenia and Cilieia, and he devoted considerable
space to 13th century Cilieia. A third important differ-
ence is that clearly Grigor was not a well-educated or
deep individual. His frequent lapses into fantasy
jeopardize the credibility of other information for which
he is our only source.
What were Aknerc'i's sources of information?
?r. Akinean observed a number of them. Apparently among
the most important were oral accounts of events provided
by Armenian visitors to Akner monastery such as Dawit*
Bjnec'i, Kirakos Getikc'i, and king Het'um I, people who
either were from the East, or had travelled there . One
informant in Akinean1a opinion, had been a student of
2
Vanakan vardapet . It was from such informed individuals
al-Din in 1244 is recorded as occurring in 1239 (p.306/7);
Arghun's census of 1253/54 is consigned to 1251/52 by
Grigor. Zamkojyan noted that for the post-1249 period,
Grigor is generally accurate (Zamkogyan, op.cit.. p.388).
Blake's statement, GA, Introduction, p. 269.
1 Akinean, •grlgetr k'ahanay". p. 399.
2 ibid, p. 400. To Akinean, Grigor definitely was not
a pupil of Vanakan nor the classmate of Vardan and Kirakos.
Thus the statement found at the end of chapter 9: "In
those days the senior glorious vardapet. our Vanakan,
passed to Christ leaving us in great grief, not only those
of us who had studied with him, but the entire land..."
(GA, p. 322/23) in Akinean1s opinion was made by such an
informant to Grigor, not by the author himself.
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