[1] Genesis 8:4.

[2] James Bryce, Transcaucasia and Ararat p. 210.

St. Martin 1:264.

[3] St. Martin 1:267–68.

[4] Tavernier, Voyages 1:43.

[5] Bryce, Transcaucasia and Ararat, chapter on Ararat.

[6] Dubois 3:465.

[7] Arghuri means “Il sema la vigne.” St. Martin pp. 266, 267.

[8] Dubois 3:465–68.

[9] Bryce, chapter on Ararat.