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O X F O R D O R IE N T A L M O N O G R A P H S
REWRITING CAUCASIAN
HISTORY
The Medieval Armenian Adaptation
of the Georgian Chronicles
The Original Georgian Texts
and
The Armenian Adaptation
Translated with Introduction
and Commentary by
ROBERT W. THOMSON
Published with the Support of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation
C L A R E N D O N
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O X F O R D
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John Baines
Professor o f Egyptology
Glen Dudbridge
Shaw Professor o f Chinese
Alan Jones
Reader in Islamic Studies
R obert Thomson
Calouste Gulbenkian Professor o f Armenian
Studies
Titles in the Series
Sufism and Islamic Reform in Egypt
The Battle for Islamic Tradition
Julian Johansen
The Early Porcelain Kilns o f Japan
Arita in the first half of the Seventeenth Century
Oliver Impey
Rewriting Caucasian History
The M edieval Armenian Adaptation o f the
Georgian Chronicles
TH E
O R IG IN A L
TH E
G E O R G IA N
TEXTS
AND
A R M E N IA N
A D A P T A T IO N
Translated with Introduction and Commentary
by
ROBERT W. TH O M SO N
C LA R EN D O N PRESS
1996
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K'art'lis c'xovreba. Polyglot.
Rewriting Caucasian history: the medieval Armenian adaptation o f
the Georgian Chronicles: the original Georgian texts and the
Armenian adaptation / translated with introduction and commentary by
Robert W. Thomson.
( Oxford oriental monographs)
Includes bibliographical references.
I.
Georgia (Republic)
History
To 1801. 2. Georgia (Republic)
Kings and rulers
Biography.
[ /.
K'art'lis c'xovreba
Translations into Armenian— History and criticism.]
I. Thomson, Robert W., 1934- .
II. Title.
III. Series.
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