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Vani Gospels

Illustration — Jesus and the Four Evangelists from the Vani Gospels The Vani Gospels (Vani Four Gospels; ვანის ოთხთავი, Vanis otkhtavi) is an illuminated manuscript of the Four Gospels in the Georgian nuskhuri script dating from the end of the 12th–early 13th centuries. The manuscript was composed at the queen Tamar of Georgia's request by the Georgian monk John the Unworthy at the Rhomana Monastery at Constantinople. It was later brought to Georgia and kept first at the Shorata Monastery (Meskheti), then in Vani (Imereti; hence comes its name) and eventually at the Gelati Monastery at Kutaisi.

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1) The Descent into Hell. John the Evangelist; 2) John the Evangelist. A folio from the Vani Gospels, MSS A-1335, 210v. National Center of Manuscripts, Tbilisi, Georgia

Anonymous Unknown author · Machavariani, H. Aleksidze, Z., The Decoration of Georgian Manuscripts. Tbilisi, 1990 · Public domain

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Illustration — Jesus and the Four Evangelists from the Vani Gospels The Vani Gospels (Vani Four Gospels; ვანის ოთხთავი, Vanis otkhtavi) is an illuminated manuscript of the Four Gospels in the Georgian nuskhuri script dating from the end of the 12th–early 13th centuries. The manuscript was composed at the queen Tamar of Georgia's request by the Georgian monk John the Unworthy at the Rhomana Monastery at Constantinople. It was later brought to Georgia and kept first at the Shorata Monastery (Meskheti), then in Vani (Imereti; hence comes its name) and eventually at the Gelati Monastery at Kutaisi.

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