Acknowledgements
It is my pleasant duty to express my gratitude to Prof. Valentina Calzolari and Prof. Theo van Lint for accepting my book for publication in the series “Armenian Texts and Studies.” I am deeply indebted to Prof. Michael Stone for his reading of the manuscript and numerous helpful suggestions regarding content and style. Mushegh Asatryan carefully read the book and considerably improved the language and style, and I am profoundly thankful to him.