Robert G. Bedrosian
yr ts'uts'ak hayere'n dzer'agrats' ark'uni matenadaranin i Miwnxe'n [Haupt-Catalog der armenischen Handschriften in der k. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek zu München], by G. Gale'mk'earean/Kalemkiar (Vienna, 1892), in 77 pdf pages. Some duplicate pages. File size: 8 MB. Ts'uts'ak Tp'xisets'i Abgar Yovhanniseani hayere'n dzer'agreri [Katalog der armenischen Handschriften des Herrn Abgar Joannissiany zu Tiflis], by Franz Nikolaus Finck (Leipzig, 1903), in 361 pdf pages. File size: 5.5 MB.
Catalogue des manuscrits arméniens et géorgiens de la Bibliothèque nationale, par Frédéric Macler (Paris, 1908), in 268 pdf pages. File size: 7.8 MB.
Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, by the Rev. Sukias Baronian and F. C. Conybeare (Oxford, 1913), in 165 pdf pages. File size: 9.6 MB.
* Pghatoni imastasiri tramaxos'ut'iwnik' [Dialogues of the Philosopher Plato], edited by Arsen Suk'rean/Soukry (Venice, 1877), in 203 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. Classical Armenian texts of Euthyphro, Defense of Socrates, and Timaeus. File size: 4.5 MB.
A Collation with the Ancient Armenian Versions of the Greek Text of Aristotle's Categories, by F. C. Conybeare (Oxford, 1892), in 236 pdf pages. File size: 6.2 MB.
Philo. About the Contemplative Life or the Fourth Book of the Treatise Concerning Virtues, by F. C. Conybeare (Oxford, 1895), in 510 pdf pages. Includes Classical Armenian text and texts in Greek, and Latin, with a study and scholarly notes. File size: 14.1 MB.
P'iloni ebrayets'woy bank' erek' dzew i loys e"ntsayealk' a. b. ytaghags naxaknamut'ean; g. yaghags kendaneats' [Philonis Judaei sermones tres hactenus inediti I. et II. De providentia et III. De animalibus]. Classical Armenian text and Latin translation by Mkrtich' Awgerean (Jean-Baptiste Aucher), (Venice, 1822), in 209 pdf pages. File size: 10.2 MB.
P'iloni ebrayets'woy mnats'ordk' i hays [Philonis Judaei Paralipomena Armena]. Classical Armenian text and Latin translation by Mkrtich' Awgerean (Jean-Baptiste Aucher), (Venice, 1826), in 680 pdf pages. File size: 33.7 MB.
The Apology and Acts of Apollonius and Other Monuments of Early Christianity, by F. C. Conybeare (London, 1894), in 376 pdf pages. File size: 14.9 MB.
Yaytnut'iwn Yovhannu hin hay t'argmanut'iwn [The Old Armenian Translation of the Revelation of John], Frederic Murad, editor. In two volumes: volume 1, (Jerusalem, 1905) in 131 pdf pages. File size: 1.7 MB; volume 2, (Jerusalem, 1906) in 349 pdf pages. File size: 5.5 MB.
The Armenian Version of Revelation and Cyril of Alexandria's Scholia on the Incarnation and Epistle on Easter, by F. C. Conybeare (London, 1907), in 487 pdf pages. English translation, Classical Armenian texts, and scholarly notes. File size: 12.1 MB.
Srbazan pataragamatoyts'k' hayots' [Divine Liturgy of the Armenians], Yovsep' Gat'rchean, editor (Vienna, 1897), in 776 pdf pages. Gat'rchean's critical edition includes a study and extensive scholarly notes as well as translations from corresponding Syriac, Greek, and Latin liturgies. File size: 20.3 MB.
Rituale Armenorum, being the Administration of the Sacraments and the Breviary Rites of the Armenian Church together with the Greek Rites of Baptism and Epiphany by F. C. Conybeare (Oxford, 1905), in 595 pdf pages. The book includes The East Syrian Epiphany Rites, translated by A. J. Maclean. File size: 15.4 MB.
Pataragamatoyts' hayots' [Liturgia Armena] (Venice, 1832, second edition). Classical Armenian text with Italian translation by G. Avedichian, in 150 pdf pages. File size: 4.2 MB.
To'nats'oyts' [Book of Feast-Days] (Jerusalem, 1868), two volumes in one download: To'nats'oyts', in 551 pdf pages. File size: 13.3 MB.
To'nakarg Hayastaneayts' S. Ekeghets'woy [Regulations Concerning Feast-Days of the Holy Armenian Church], Sargis Xanchean, editor (Constantinople, 1898), in 487 pdf pages. File size: 6.3 MB.
Zhamagirk' [Breviary], (Calcutta, 1848), in 757 pdf pages. File size: 11 MB.
* Vark' srbots' harants' ew k'aghak'avarut'iwnk' nots'in [Lives and Deeds of the Holy Fathers], Nerse's Sargisean, editor (Venice, 1855). Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. In two volumes: volume 1, in 804 pdf pages. File size: 32.6 MB; volume 2, in 855 pdf pages. File size: 33.3 MB.
Vark' ew vkayabanut'iwnk' srbots' [Lives and Martyrdoms of the Saints], Levon (Ghewond) Alishan, editor (Vienna, 1874). Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. In two volumes: volume 1, in 749 pdf pages. File size: 19.2 MB; volume 2, in 571 pdf pages. File size: 11.8 MB.
Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints, translation and commentary by David Marshall Lang (London, 1956; repr. New York, 1976), in 177 searchable pdf pages. File size: 5.2 MB.
Hamar'o't vark' srbots' ew kusanats' arewmtean ekeghets'woy [Concise Lives of the Saints and Virgins of the Western Church] (Venice, 1900), in 677 pdf pages. File size: 11.8 MB.
Sancti Irenaei episcopi Lugdunensis libros quinque adversus haereses..., W. Wigan Harvey, editor (Cambridge, 1857) in two volumes: volume 1, in 605 pdf pages. File size: 22.5 MB; volume 2, in 587 pdf pages. File size: 23.5 MB.
St. Irenaeus, the Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching translated from the Armenian with introduction and notes by J. Armitage Robinson (London, 1920), in 188 pdf pages. File size: 3.5 MB.
The Proof of the Apostolic Preaching with seven fragments. Armenian version edited and translated by Bishop Karapet Ter Mekerttschian and Rev. Dr. S. G. Wilson. Patrologia Orientalis, volume 12 (Paris, 1919). A French translation by J. Barthoulot is in the same volume. Download is the entire volume in 826 pdf pages. File size: 39.6 MB.
Euthaliana, volume 3 of Texts and Studies, Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature edited by J. Armitage Robinson (Cambridge, 1895), in 140 pdf pages. Studies of Euthalius Codex H of the Pauline Epistles and the Armenian Version. File size: 2.5 MB.
Srboyn Ep'remi matenagrut'iwnk' [Saint Ephrem's Writings] (Venice, 1836). Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series in four volumes: volume 1, in 545 pdf pages. File size: 14.5 MB; volume 2, in 501 pdf pages. File size: 11.7 MB; volume 3, in 293 pdf pages. File size: 8.5 MB; volume 4, in 329 pdf pages. File size: 9.7 MB.
Eranelwoyn Kiwrghi Erusaghemay hayrapeti koch'umn e"ntsayut'ean [The Venerable Bishop Cyril of Jerusalem's Catechesis] (Venice, 1832), in 499 pdf pages. File size: 8.5 MB.
Seberianosi Emesats'wots Gabaghats'wots' episkoposi Char'k' 15 [Fifteen Homilies of Severianus of Emesa, Bishop of Gabala], (Venice, 1830) Classical Armenian text, in 241 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. File size: 8.8 MB.
Seberianos kam Sewerianos....[Severiani sive Seberiani Gabalorum episcopi Emesensis Homiliae/Severiani opera in Armenia conservata], Classical Armenian text of the fifteen homilies with facing Latin translation by Mkrtich' Awgerean (Jean-Baptiste Aucher) (Venice, 1827), in 485 pdf pages. File size: 14.9 MB.
Yovhannu Oskeberani Kostandnupo'lusi episkoposapeti char'k' [Homilies of John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople] (Venice, 1861), in 953 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. The file is very large: 98.1 MB.
Ep'ip'an Kiprats'u vasn naxapatiw eghegheats' iwrak'anch'iwr at'or'ots' mayrak'aghakats' [Epiphanius of Cyprus' On the Rank of the First Churches and Those of the Metropolitan Sees], edited by Franz Finck (Tiflis, 1902), in 127 pdf pages. Classical Armenian and Greek texts. File size: 2.1 MB.
Sokratay sk'olastikosi ekeghets'akan patmutiwn t'argmaneats' P'ilon T'irakats'i ew patmut'iwn varuts' srboyn Sighbestrosi episkoposin hr'ovmay [Socrates Scholasticus' History of the Church translated by Philo of Thrace and Life of the Blessed Silvester, Bishop of Rome]. Classical Armenian texts and scholarly notes by Mesrop Ter Movse'sean (Vagharshapat, 1897), in 971 pdf pages. File size: 19.8 MB.
Timotheus Älurus, des Patriarchen von Alexandrien Widerlegung der auf der Synode zu Chalcedon festgesetzten Lehre... Critical edition of the Classical Armenian text by Karapet Ter-Mekerttschian and Erwand Ter-Minassiantz (Leipzig, 1908), in 457 pdf pages. File size: 9.3 MB.
* Srboy ho'rn meroy Grigori Lusaworch'i yachaxapatum char'k' ew agho't'k' [Stromateis, Homilies, and Prayers of Our Blessed Father, Gregory the Illuminator] (Venice, 1838), in 269 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. File size: 10 MB.
Koriwn Vardapeti, Mambre'i Vertsanoghi, ew Dawt'i Anhaght'i Matenagrut'iwnk' [Writings of Vardapet Koriwn, Mambre' and David] (Venice, 1833), in 681 pdf pages. File size: 18.5 MB.
Eznkay Koghbats'woy Bagrewanday episkoposi Eghts Aghandots' [Against the Sects by Eznik of Koghb, Bishop of Bagrewand] (Venice, 1826), in 352 pdf pages. Written c. 445/448. Occasional duplicate pages in the scan. Includes some additional writings attributed to Eznik. File size: 4.4 MB.
Eghishe'i vardapeti matenagrut'iwnk' [Writings of Eghishe' Vardapet] (Venice, 1859), in 459 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. Includes On Vardan and the Armenian War, exegeses, and homilies. File size: 43.4 MB.
Tear'n Yovhannu Mandakunwoy hayots' hayrapeti char'k' [Homilies of Lord Yovhanne's Mandakuni, Patriarch of the Armenians] (Venice, 1860, second printing), in 239 pdf pages. Authorship of these homilies is now assigned to Yovhan Mayravanets'i. File size: 9.8 MB.
Tear'n Yovhannu imastasiri Awdznets'woy matenagrut'iwnk' [Writings of the Philosopher Lord Yovhanne's of Odzun] (Venice, 1834), in 337 pdf pages. Classical Armenian text with facing Latin translation by Jean-Baptiste Aucher (Mkrtich' Awgerean). File size: 8.2 MB.
Sermones duo (Venice, 1833), by John of Odzun, in 125 pdf pages. Classical Armenian text with facing Latin translation by Jean-Baptiste Aucher (Mkrtich' Awgerean). File size: 3 MB.
Joannis philosophi catholici armenorum Ozniensis Oratio contra Phantasticos (Venice, 1816), in 145 pdf pages. Classical Armenian text with facing Latin translation by Jean-Baptiste Aucher (Mkrtich' Awgerean). File size: 6.8 MB.
Narek agho't'its' [Narek's Prayerbook] (Venice, 1827), Gabriel Awetikean, editor, in 615 pdf pages. File size: 22.5
Grigor Narekats'i, Matenagrut'iwnk' [The Writings of Grigor of Narek] (Venice, 1840), in 591 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. File size: 12.7 MB.
Char'k' ew xostovanut'iwnk' hawatoy [Homilies and Confessions of the Faith], by Grigor Narekats'i and Vahram vardapet (Jerusalem, 1856), in 235 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. File size: 5.1 MB.
Grigori Narekats'woy erkrord matean char'its' [Grigor Narekats'i's Second Book of Homilies], edited by Gabriel Awetikean (Venice, 1827), in 263 pdf pages. File size: 10 MB.
Char' nerboghakan i surb koysn Mariam [Discorso panegirico alla Beatissima Vergine Maria], by Grigor Narekats'i (Venice, 1904), in 70 pdf pages. Classical Armenian text with Italian translation. File size: 1.6 MB.
Ashxarhabar Narek [Narek in Modern Armenian], translated by Misak' Go'zunean (Constantinople, 1902), in 529 pdf pages. This is Narek's Agho't'agirk' [Prayerbook]. File size: 9.3 MB.
Usumnasirut'iwn Manik'ea-pawghikean t'onrakets'ineru aghandin ew Gr. Narekats'woy t'ughte [Research on the Manichaeo-Paulician Sect of the T'ondrakians and the Letter of Grigor of Narek], in 139 pdf pages. This is the great philologist Barsegh Sargisean's study (Venice, 1893) of a fascinating medieval Armenian dissident movement which had religious, social, and military components. File size: 2.6 MB.Lettre du patriarche Jacobite Jean X (1064-73) au catholique Arménien Gregoire II., in 55 pdf pages. This study by the noted Orientalist François Nau appeared in Revue de l'Orient Chrétien 7(1912) pp. 145-198. It is the Syriac text and French translation of a letter to an unnamed Armenian kat'oghikos—probably Grigor II Vkayaser (Martyrophile, 1066-1105)—by the Monophysite Syrian patriarch John Bar Shushan (1064-1073). The first part is a statement of Jacobite beliefs, while the second is a criticism of the Armenian Monophysites for permitting certain worldly customs and practises. File size: 18 MB. The Penitential of David of Ganjak, written in the early 12th century, is available on another page of this website and may be downloaded there: The Penitential of David of Ganjak, translation and commentary by C. J. F. Dowsett.
Girk' or koch'i e"ndhanrakan [The Book Called the Encyclical], by Kat'oghikos Nerses Shnorhali (St. Petersburg, 1788), in 373 pdf pages. File size: 44.1 MB.
Also available: Tught' e"ndhanrakan Nersesi kat'ughikosi hayots' [Epistola Pastoralis S. Nersetis Clajensis]. Classical Armenian text with Latin translation by Joseph Cappelletti (Venice, 1829), in 193 pdf pages. File size: 6 MB.Tn. Nersesi Shnorhalwoy hayots' kat'oghikosi Namakani [Letters of Lord Nerses Shnorhali, Kat'oghikos of the Armenians] (Venice, 1838), in 357 pdf pages. File size: 5 MB.
Also available: Tn. Nersesi Shnorhalwoy hayots' kat'oghikosi t'ught'k' [Letters of Lord Nerses Shnorhali, Kat'oghikos of the Armenians] (Venice, 1873), in 339 pdf pages. File size: 4.2 MB.Grigor kat'oghikosi tghay koch'ets'elots' namakani [Letters of Kat'oghikos Grigor Called Tghay] (Venice, 1865), in 379 pdf pages. File size: 6.2 MB.
Srboyn Nersesi Lambronats'woy Tarsoni episkoposi xorhrdatsut'iwnk' i kargs ekeghets'woy ew meknut'iwn xorhrdoy pataragin [Saint Nerses Lambronats'i, Bishop of Tarsus' Reflections on Church Orders and Interpretation of the Liturgy] (Venice, 1847), in 611 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. File size: 13.1 MB.
Girk' T'ght'ots' [The Book of Letters] (Tiflis, 1901), in 659 pdf pages. Matenagrut'iwnk' naxneats' series. A collection of documents dating from the 5th-13th centuries concerning theological, Christological and dogmatic matters. Letters to and from heads and senior clerics of the Armenian Apostolic Church and neighboring Churches. File size: 13.5 MB.
Dashants' t'ght'oy k'nnutiwnn u herk'ume" [Study and Refutation of the Letter of Concord], by Karapet Shahnazareants' (Paris, 1862), in 152 pdf pages. File size: 5.4 MB.
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Sharakank' hay s. ekeghets'woy [Hymns of the Holy Armenian Church]. Classical Armenian texts with modern Armenian explanations, by Eruand T. Andreasean, in two volumes: volume 1 (Constantinople, 1902), in 85 pdf pages. File size: 1.6 MB; volume 2 (Constantinople, 1904), in 181 pdf pages. File size: 3.6 MB. Das armenische hymnarium, by Nerses Ter-Mikaelian (Leipzig, 1905), in 124 pdf pages. Unfortunately, the scan is poor and there are many mangled pages. Nonetheless, much of the book is usable. File size: 3.2 MB.
Les chants liturgiques de l'eglise arménienne, by Pietro Bianchini (Venice, 1877), in 271 pdf pages. Classical Armenian, French, and sheet music. File size: 11.6 MB.
* Grabar Texts of the Bible
Astuatsashunch' matean hin ew nor ktakaranats' [The Old and New Testaments of the Bible], in four volumes. This is the fabled Zohrab Bible (Venice, 1805): Vol. 1 (Genesis to Ruth). File size: 21.8 MB; Vol. 2 (Kings through II Maccabees). File size: 32.8 MB; Vol. 3 (Psalms through Ezekiel). File size: 48.6 MB; Vol. 4 (New Testament). File size: 34.2 MB. Girk' saghmosats' Dawt'i [Book of Psalms of David] (London, 1850). File size: 3.5 MB.
Ankanon girk' hin ktakaranats' [Uncanonical Books of the Old Testament], Sargis Hovsep'eants', editor. (Venice, 1896). File size: 8.3 MB.
English Translation of the Uncanonical Books. Uncanonical Writings of the Old Testament, translated into English from Classical Armenian manuscripts, by Rev. J. Issaverdens (Venice, 1900). Includes some rarities: The Book of Adam, The History of Assaneth, The History of Moses, The Deaths of the Prophets, Concerning King Solomon, A Short History of the Prophet Elias, Concerning the Prophet Jeremiah, The Vision of Enoch the Just, The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs, The Third Book of Esdras, and Inquiries Made by the Prophet Esdras. File size: 11.5 MB. Usumnasirut'iwnk' hin ktakarani anvawer grots' vray [Studies on the Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament], by Barsegh Sargisean (Venice, 1898), in 509 pdf pages. File size: 25.6 MB.Ankanon girk' nor ktakaranats' [Uncanonical Books of the New Testament]. Classical Armenian text, in two volumes: volume 1 (Venice, 1898), Esayi Tayets'i, editor, in 553 pdf pages. File size: 7.3 MB; volume 2 (Venice, 1904), Kerovbe Chrak'ean, editor, in 533 pdf pages. File size: 7.2 MB.
* Reference Works
A Brief Introduction to Armenian Christian Literature, by the late Kat'oghikos Karekin Sarkissian is available on another page of this site and may be downloaded there: A Brief Introduction to Armenian Christian Literature.
Chosen of God, the Election of the Catholicos of all Armenians from the Fourth Century to the Present, by Rev. Father Krikor Vardapet Maksoudian, edited by Christopher H. Zakian is available on another page of this site and may be downloaded there: Chosen of God, the Election of the Catholicos of all Armenians.
"Image Worship in Armenia and Its Opponents," an article by Sirarpie Der Nersessian from the journal Armenian Quarterly (1946), pp. 67-81 is available on another page of this site and may be downloaded there: Image Worship in Armenia and Its Opponents.
Download The Church of Armenia, by Malachia Ormanian (Oxford, 1912), in 316 searchable pdf pages. Download here: The Church of Armenia. File size: 8 MB.
Download Le Vatican et les Arméniens, by Malachia Ormanian (Rome, 1873), in 331 pdf pages. Download here: Le Vatican et les Armeniens. File size: 9.8 MB.
Download Matenadaran haykakan t'argmanut'eants' naxneats' (dar d-zhg) [Catalog of Ancient Armenian Translations (4-13th centuries)], by Garegin Zarbhanalean (Venice, 1889), in 827 pdf pages. This study describes works of foreign literature that were translated into Armenian through the 13th century. Download here: Matenadaran haykakan t'argmanut'eants' naxneats' (dar d-zhg). File size: 18 MB.
Download L'Arménie chrétienne et sa littérature, by Félix Nève (Louvain, 1886), in 427 pdf pages. Download here: L'Arménie chrétienne et sa littérature. File size: 7.6 MB.
Download Histoire, dogmes, traditions et liturgie de l'Église Arménienne Orientale, by Édouard Dulaurier (Paris, 1859), in 211 pdf pages. Download here: Histoire, dogmes, traditions et liturgie de l'Église Arménienne Orientale. File size: 4.9 MB.
Download The Armenian Church Founded by St. Gregory the Illuminator, being a sketch of the history, liturgy, doctrine, and ceremonies, of this ancient national church, by E. F. K. Fortescue (London, 1873), in 371 pdf pages. Download here: The Armenian Church. File size: 8.9 MB.
Downloads:
Arshaloys k'ristoneut'ean Hayots' [The Dawn of Christianity among the Armenians], by Levon (Ghewond) Alishan (Venice, 1901), in 304 pdf pages. File size: 4.2 MB.
Patmut'iwn hayastaneayts' ar'ak'elakan surb ekeghets'woy [History of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church], by Meliksedek Murateants' (Jerusalem, 1872), in 747 pdf pages. Duplicate pages in the scan. File size: 17.9 MB.
Patmut'iwn zhoghovots' hayastaneayts' ekeghetsowoy [History of the Councils of the Armenian Church], by Abe'l Mxit'areants' (Vagharshapat, 1874), in 187 pdf pages. File size: 3.8 MB.
Die Beziehungen der armenischen Kirche zu den syrischen bis zum Ende des 6. Jahrhunderts, by E. Ter-Minassiantz (Leipzig, 1904). File size: 4.5 MB.
Armenian translation of the above, Eruand Ter-Minaseants' Hayots' ekeghets'u yaraberut'iwnnere" Asorwots' ekeghets'ineri het [The Relations of the Armenian Church with Syrian Churches] (Ejmiatsin, 1908). File size: 6.9 MB.
Die armenische Kirche in ihren Beziehungen zur byzantinischen (vom IV. bis zum XIII. Jahrhundert), by Arshak Ter-Mikelian (Leipzig, 1892). File size: 3.1 MB.
Armenian translation of the above, Arshak Ter-Mikelian Hayastaneayts' ekeghets'in ew biwzandean zhoghovots' paragayk' [The Armenian Church and the Byzantine Councils] (Moscow, 1892). File size: 6 MB.
Patmut'iwn tiezerakan zhoghovots' ekeghets'woy ork' yarewels gumarets'an [History of the Ecumenical Councils Convened in the East], by Po'ghos Yovnaneants' (Vienna, 1847), in 693 pdf pages. File size: 15.3 MB.
Shnorhali ew paragay iwr [Shnorhali and His Times], by Levon (Ghewond) Alishan (Venice, 1873). A detailed study of the life, times, and works of Saint Nerses Shnorhali ("The Gracious" or "The Graceful") (1098-1173), kat'oghikos of the Armenian Church (1166-1173), poet, theologian, and philologist, in 641 pdf pages. File size: 14.6 MB.
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Bar'aran surb grots' handerdz patkerok' [Illustrated Dictionary of the Bible] (Constantinople, 1881). An extensive and remarkably fine Bible dictionary in Armenian, with tables, maps and illustrations. This anonymous work in 707 pdf pages is more thorough than and, we believe, superior to the famous English-language Dictionary of the Bible (1888) by Dr. William Smith. File size: 31.4 MB. Hamabarbar' kam ts'ank nmanadzayn bar'its' noroy ktakarani [Concordance or Listing of Homophonous Words in the New Testament] (Smyrna, 1848), in 629 pdf pages. This is an alphabetical dictionary of words in the Armenian New Testament with citations of the passages. File size: 21.6 MB.
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