national centre of manuscripts (ge)
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This is the Power Point Presentation from the National Centre of Manuscripts (GE) shown on their behalf to the ICARUS consortium at the ICARUS-Meeting #14 in Colmar (FR) as new member of ICARUSTRANSCRIPT
National Centre of ManuscriptsGeorgia
Vladimer Kekelia
Tbilisi 2014
The National Centre of Manuscripts was founded in 1958. Up to 9000 (5th-19th cent) Georgian
manuscript books, 5000 manuscripts books and documents in foreign languages (Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Greek, German, Latin, Italian, Hebrew, Polish, Mongolian), up to 200 personal archives of famous Georgian and non Georgian
public figures are homed in its depositories.
Objectives:
• Search and research of manuscripts,historical documents and personal archives
• Conservation and restoration
• Digitalization
• Publication
Manuscript Collection
The Jrutchi Gospel I (936-940 years)
The Jrutchi Gospel II(12th century)
The Gelati Four Gospels (12th century)
The Gelati Four Gospels
The cover for the Tskarostavi Gospel by Beshken Opizari, 12th
century
The Mokvi Gospel (1300 year.)
Manuscripts and Historical Documents in Foreign Languages
Grigol Tsereteli (1870-1938)
Papyrus collection
Archives(19th-20th cent.)
Letter from Giuseppe Mazzini
Leo Tolstoys autograph
Baron de Baye’sLetters (1902/1909)
