C'Axud

C'Axud was a district of Armenian Cilicia in the hilly country along the middle Seyhan. Near its boundary with Bardzraberd stood Akner monastery, in a landscape of streams below the fortified heights. Akner was a centre of Armenian learning and manuscript illumination, its name recalling the springs and flowing water around it. The monastery linked the communities of these mountain districts to the religious and literary life of the Armenian kingdom.