LIST OF PLATES

[Ararat from Aralykh] Frontispiece
[Trebizond from above the Head of the Western Ravine] To face page 12
[Trebizond: Hagia Sophia] 24
[Trebizond: Façade of Hagia Sophia on the South] 25
[Plain of the Rion from the Southern Slopes of Caucasus: Kutais in the Foreground] 46
[View North from the Zikar Pass] Back to page 52
[View South from the Zikar Pass] 53
[Safar: St. Saba from the West] 62
[Safar: Porch of St. Saba] 63
[Akhaltsykh from the Road to Akhalkalaki] To face page 65
[Castle of Khertvis] 76
[Vardzia, the Troglodyte City] 80
[Mount Abul from Akhalkalaki] 92
[Summer Pavilion at Gorelovka] 109
[Alagöz from the Plain of Alexandropol] 122
[Alexandropol from the Armenian Cemetery] 125
[Ararat from near Aramzalu] 153
[Great Ararat from above Sardar Bulakh] 165
[Our Kurd Porters on Ararat] 167
[Akhury: The Great Chasm from Aralykh] 179
[Akhury: Inside the Great Chasm] 194
[Erivan and Ararat from the North] 208
[Erivan: Interior of the Kiosque of the Sirdars] 216
[Edgmiatsin: The Great Court and the Cathedral] 243
[Edgmiatsin: Ceremony of the Consecration of the Katholikos—Anointing with Oil from the Beak of a Golden Dove] 254
[Edgmiatsin: Interior of the Cathedral] 267
[Edgmiatsin: Exterior of St. Ripsime] 269
[Edgmiatsin: Exterior of St. Gaiane] 270
[Edgmiatsin: Exterior of Shoghakath] 271
[Talin: Mouldings on South Side of Ruinous Church] 322
[Walls and Gateway of the City of Ani from Outside, looking East] 369
[Ani: The Cathedral from South-East] To face page 370
[Ani: Niche in Eastern Wall of Cathedral] 371
[Ani: Apse of the Cathedral] 372
[Ani: Church of St. Gregory from the West] 373
[Ani: North Wall of the Church of St. Gregory] 374
[Ani: Detail of the Porch of St. Gregory] 375
[Ani: Mosque and Minaret] 376
[Ani: Detail of Doorway of Chapel near Citadel] 379
[Ani: Chapel of St. Gregory, East Side] 380
[Ani: Chapel of St. Gregory, Entrance] 381
[Ani: Interior of the Chapel of St. Gregory] 382
[Ani: Chapel of the Redeemer] 383
[Ani: Doorway of the Castle] 384
[Ani: Portal of the Church of the Apostles from the West] 385
[Ani: East Front of the Church of the Apostles] 386
[Khosha Vank: Pronaos] 387
[Khosha Vank: Exterior of Pronaos and Church from South-West] 388
[Khosha Vank: Hall of the Synod] 389
[Looking down the Valley of Kagyzman] 417
[A Rib or Buttress of Aghri Dagh] 419
[Pass over Aghri Dagh] 420