Alaverdi Gospels
Illustration — Beginning of the Gospel of Matthew from the Alaverdi Gospels The Alaverdi Gospels (Alaverdi Four Gospels) is a Georgian gospel manuscript copied in the Georgian monastery of Black Mountain Kalipos in 1054 by the calligraphers Giorgi and John Dvali. It is the only Georgian manuscript to contain a mandylion, an impression of the face of the Savior on a shroud. The cover, composed of leather and metal, is adorned with a painted icon of Jesus Christ.
Alaverdi Gospels
- Date
- 1054
- Language
- Georgian
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This icon was subsequently set into a silver-chased frame embellished with precious stones and cloisonné enamel images of St. George, crafted in the 11th-12th century AD. Holy objects were traditionally stored in the sockets on the cover. The cover itself dates back to the late Middle Ages. Ivane, the son of Liparit Bagvashi, brought the book to Georgia in 1059 as a sign of obedience to Bagrat IV. High-quality parchment is used as writing material. Contains 330 pages; The dimensions of the sheets are: 24X19 centimeters. It was written in both Nuskhuri and Asomatavruli scripts.
The recorded date of publication is 1054.
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- 5.Schwartz, Ellen C. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2021. 978-0-19-027735-2.
- 6.Wiener, James Blake. The Alaverdi Gospels. World History Encyclopedia.
- 7.Guscin, Mark. Recent Studies on the Image of Edessa: Iconography, History and Theology. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2022-09-06. 978-1-5275-8731-1.
- 8.Ciggaar, Krijna Nelly. East and West in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean: Antioch from the Byzantine Reconquest Until the End of the Crusader Principality. Peeters Publishers. 21. 2006. 978-90-429-1735-4.
- 9.ოსეფაშვილი, ლალი. გამომცემლობა "უნივერსალი". 2005. 978-99940-0-553-6.
- 10.Ciggaar, Krijna Nelly. East and West in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean: Antioch from the Byzantine Reconquest Until the End of the Crusader Principality. Peeters Publishers. 21. 2006. 978-90-429-1735-4.
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