Part historical study, part travel memoir, The Ruins of Ani takes readers on a thousand-year journey back to the former capital of the Armenian kingdom, once world-renowned for its magnificent buildings. This new translation by the author’s great-nephew, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, eloquently captures the book’s vivid descriptions and lyrical prose.
Part historical study, part travel memoir, The Ruins of Ani takes readers on a thousand-year journey back to the former capital of the Armenian kingdom, once world-renowned for its magnificent buildings. This new translation by the author’s great-nephew, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, eloquently captures the book’s vivid descriptions and lyrical prose.
KRIKOR BALAKIAN (1876–1934) was one of the leading Armenian intellectuals of his generation. One of the 250 cultural leaders arrested by Turkish officials in 1915, he survived four years in the killing fields of the Armenian genocide, chronicled in his memoir Armenian Golgotha. A member of the Armenian delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, he later served as pastor of the Armenian Church in Manchester and bishop of the Armenian Church of south France. PETER BALAKIAN is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the department of English at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He is the author of many books, including The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response, winner of the Raphael Lemkin Prize; Black Dog of Fate, winner of the PEN/Albrand Award for Memoir; and Ozone Journal, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. ARAM ARKUN is the executive director of the Tekeyan Cultural Association and an assistant editor at the Armenian Mirror-Spectator.
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Contents Introduction by Peter Balakian Chapter I: The History of Ani Part I—The Foundation and Flourishing of Ani Part II—The Sale of Ani Part III-The Seljuk Invasions and the Destruction of Ani Chapter II: The Topography of Ani Chapter III: The Description of the Ruins of Ani The External Walls The Cathedral Surp Krikor Lusaworich‘ [St. Gregory the Illuminator] Church Surp A ak‘elots‘ [Holy Apostles] Church Abughamrents‘ Surp Krikor Church Kakgash n [Gagkash n] Surp Krikor Church Vrats‘ [Georgian] Church The Palace of the Pakradunis Ani’s Residence of the Catholicos The Statue of Kakig [Gagik] I Ani’s Citadel The Girls’ Fortress The Two Story Bridge and the Pekhents‘ Monastery The Tombstone of the Royal Princes The Ruins of the Royal Bath The Royal Road Leading to the Akhurian River Gh shavank‘ Near Ani [The Monastery of Höomos] The Vaulted and Pillared Inner Part of the Royal Conference Hall in Gh shavank‘ Surp Minas and Surp Kevork Chapels in the Valley of Gh shavank‘ The Tomb of King Ashod [Ashot] the Merciful Chapter IV: Scholarly Ani Part I—The Armenian Architectural Style Ani’s Plan [illustration] Part II—The Present Excavations of Ani Voyage to Ani His Holiness the Holy Patriarch’s Voyage to Ani The Pilgrim of Ani Acknowledgments Glossary Index
Contents Introduction by Peter Balakian Chapter I: The History of Ani Part I—The Foundation and Flourishing of Ani Part II—The Sale of Ani Part III-The Seljuk Invasions and the Destruction of Ani Chapter II: The Topography of Ani Chapter III: The Description of the Ruins of Ani The External Walls The Cathedral Surp Krikor Lusaworich‘ [St. Gregory the Illuminator] Church Surp A ak‘elots‘ [Holy Apostles] Church Abughamrents‘ Surp Krikor Church Kakgash n [Gagkash n] Surp Krikor Church Vrats‘ [Georgian] Church The Palace of the Pakradunis Ani’s Residence of the Catholicos The Statue of Kakig [Gagik] I Ani’s Citadel The Girls’ Fortress The Two Story Bridge and the Pekhents‘ Monastery The Tombstone of the Royal Princes The Ruins of the Royal Bath The Royal Road Leading to the Akhurian River Gh shavank‘ Near Ani [The Monastery of Höomos] The Vaulted and Pillared Inner Part of the Royal Conference Hall in Gh shavank‘ Surp Minas and Surp Kevork Chapels in the Valley of Gh shavank‘ The Tomb of King Ashod [Ashot] the Merciful Chapter IV: Scholarly Ani Part I—The Armenian Architectural Style Ani’s Plan [illustration] Part II—The Present Excavations of Ani Voyage to Ani His Holiness the Holy Patriarch’s Voyage to Ani The Pilgrim of Ani Acknowledgments Glossary Index
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