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place in juxtaposition with the Armenian sources, since
it reflects the Georgian side of political-military
events and of the "Armenian" lords of the 13-14th centuries.
Armenian chronographies, hagiographical literature,
colophons, and inscriptions provide new information,
but also supplement and amplify what is found in the moat
important sources— the 13-14th century literary historians.
A few general observations on these sources are in order.
First, if the literary histories are categorized by geo-
graphical provenance, it is clear that they reveal a
definite bias in favor of northeastern Armenia. This
tendency becomes comprehensible when it is recalled that
the three most important 13th century Armenian historians,
Kirakos Ganjakec'i (d. 1270/71), Vardan Arewelc'i (d.1270/71)
and Step'annos Orbelean (d. 1303/4) were all born in this
region and passed most of their lives there. Step'annos
nay be excluded from criticism on this point, since he
set out to write the history of an eastern Armenian district,
Siwnik*. As for Kirakos and Vardan, although they by no
means confine their works to the eastern regions solely,
naturally it is about their own milieu that the accounts
are most detailed and intimate. As regards the early 14th
century Gilician sources, their main interest is Cilicia.
tions of the 13-14th century of Pln3ahank'(Axt'alal village)
[P.M.Muradyan."Vrac *eren arjanagrut yunner Hayastanum;
Pinjahank'^Georgian Inscriptions in Armenia: Pinjahank')
iLraber #1 (1973) pp. 39-573; and a rare quadrilingual
inscription in Georgian, Armenian, Persian and Uighur
found at Garesjja,Georgia and dated 1352 [L.Melik'set'-Bek,
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