Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 1 of 2) / The Russian Provinces

by H. F. B. Lynch

CHAPTER XX

[Across the Spine of Armenia] 409

CHAPTER XXI

[Geographical] 421

CHAPTER XXII

[Statistical and Political] 446

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