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- ↑ The Armenian original has no title, it named "Albanian Chronicle" first by C. J. F. Dowsett in 1958 (C. J. F. Dowsett. The Albanian Chronicle of Mxit'ar Goš // BSOAS. — 1958. — vol. XXI, № 3. — p. 473.)
- ↑ Dowsett, C.J.F. (1958). "The Albanian Chronicle of Mxit'ar Goš". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 21 (1/3): 472–490. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00060134. JSTOR 610613.