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Georgian literature refers to a long literary heritage, with some of the oldest surviving texts in Georgian language dating back to the 5th century. A golden age of Georgian literature flourished unde
A 10th-century manuscript of John Zosimus in medieval Georgian patristic Nuskhuri script.
Shota Rustaveli (c. 1160 – after c. 1220), poet and author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin", a national epic poem
Poem by Teimuraz I.
The Knight in the Panther's Skin is a Georgian medieval epic poem, written in the 12th or 13th century by Georgia's national poet Shota Rustaveli. A definitive work of the Georgian Golden Age, the poe
Georgian literature
…marked the pinnacle of medieval Georgian literature. This period witnessed a flourishing of literary production, with Shota Rustaveli's epic poem, "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" (Vepkhistqaosani), emerging as a masterpiece. Considered one of the most significant works of Georgian literature, the poem narrates the adventures…
17th-century manuscript of Vepkhistkaosani
Rustaveli presenting Queen Tamar the epic poem, painting by Mihály Zichy. This is one of 35 paintings made by Zichy under an 1881 commission by Georgian intelligentsia. Impressed by the poem, the artist donated all his works to the Georgian people, refusing any payment.
The meeting of Tariel and Avtandil, Mihály Zichy illustration.
Tariel, Avtandil and Pridon looking at the Kajeti fortress, Mihály Zichy illustration.