Helen Giunashvili | George Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies/Ilia State University
The Georgian manuscript tradition and book art have a 16-century-long history. Their origin (the most ancient Georgian handwritten monuments are dated from V-VI cc AD) and subsequent transformation relate to many aspects of the development of civic life in Georgia: religion and political orientation, social relations, educational trends, development of artistic thought, and material culture.
Georgian literature and written culture of the Middle Ages, in accordance with political life, was oriented not only towards the knowledge of Christian thought, but also towards the acquaintance…
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