Adishi Gospels
The Adishi Gospel Book ( Georgian ადიშის ოთხთავი or ადიშის სახარება) is a Georgian manuscript . It is dated to 897, making it the oldest Georgian gospel book to be dated . The manuscript was written in the Schatberdi Monastery . It contains the text of the four Gospels ; however, the editorial staff is unique and differs from the later Georgian editorial staff of the Gospels.
The manuscript was found in the village of Adishi ( Svaneti ) and is now kept in the Svaneti Historical-Ethnographic Museum at Mestia .
The gospel book is written on parchment . The format of the sheets is 26 × 18.8 cm. The text is written in the Georgian script Assomtavruli in two columns per page. The first five pages are decorated with illuminations .
literature
- Imnaischvili, I. Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Tiflis, 1975, pp. 96-97
Web links
Commons : Adishi Gospels - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Information about Adishi Gospels on Armazi.uni-frankfurt.de
- Full text of the Gospel according to Adishi editing