Georgian calligraphy
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Georgian calligraphy ({{lang-ka|ქართული კალიგრაფია|tr}}) is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing of the Georgian language using its three Georgian scripts.
History
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Georgia has a centuries-old tradition of a calligraphic school. Hand-written books from the early centuries became a cultural and a national phenomenon in Georgia. Christianity had played an enormous role in Georgian literature life since the Georgian Orthodox Church and its monks contributed their life to the Georgian writing by creating manuscripts and all the historical records for the Georgian nation.[http://www.ambioni.ge/qartvel-mxatvar-kaligrafta-kavsiri/ ქართველ მხატვარ-კალიგრაფთა კავშირი][http://www.manuscript.ge/index.php?m=831&ln=geo ქართული კალიგრაფია] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212054530/http://www.manuscript.ge/index.php?m=831&ln=geo |date=February 12, 2012 }}[http://calligraphy-expo.com/eng/Personalities/Participants/Lasha_Kintsurashvili/Article.aspx?ItemID=54 About Georgian calligraphy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514143310/http://calligraphy-expo.com/eng/Personalities/Participants/Lasha_Kintsurashvili/Article.aspx?ItemID=54 |date=May 14, 2012 }}
Every year on April 14, Georgia celebrates the "Day of Georgian language". On this day the calligraphy contests are held, the winners are named and awards are given to the best calligraphers at the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts.[http://calligraphy-expo.com/eng/Personalities/Participants/Levan_Chaganava/Article.aspx?ItemID=128 Calligraphy fest in Tbilisi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085544/http://calligraphy-expo.com/eng/Personalities/Participants/Levan_Chaganava/Article.aspx?ItemID=128 |date=April 7, 2014 }}
Georgian calligraphy was actively created outside Georgia as well. Georgians created calligraphical, religious and scholar works in the following places: Georgian-built Petritsoni monastery of Bulgaria, Iviron monastery of Mount Athos
and Monastery of the Cross of Jerusalem. They were also active at Mar Saba of Jerusalem, Saint Catherine's Monastery of Mount Sinai, Antioch and Constantinople. Within Georgia, the Kingdom of the Iberians being the cultural center of the country had produced the most excellent masters of the Georgian calligraphy, art, literature and architecture. In 2022, the official "School of Georgian calligraphy" opened in Georgia, that will run courses for future calligraphers and font designers.Georgian Public Broadcaster [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co_jp1HkCek საუკუნეების შემდეგ, ტრადიცია აღდგა - ქართული კალიგრაფიის სკოლა იხსნება] Oct 12, 2022Euronews Georgia [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kT1Wgwro8 საუკუნეების შემდეგ აღდგენილი ტრადიცია – ქართული კალიგრაფიის სკოლა გაიხსნა] Oct 19, 2022
Calligraphers
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Gallery
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File:1798. გიორგი XII-ის წყალობის წიგნი ალექსანდრე მაყაშვილისადმი.jpg
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File:1597. კახეთის მეფე ალექსანდრე II-ის გუჯარი გარეჯის მეტოქი აკურის მონასტრისადმი.jpg
File:1712. ვახტანგ და ბაქარ ბატონიშვილების სითარხნის წიგნი სიონის მხატვარ გიორგისადმი.jpg
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.sophioc.com/georgiantype The Beauty of Georgia]
- [https://artsandculture.google.com/story/dgVREzi41T85Jg?fbclid=IwAR3LkBU45VnNo4Mre3thErzVyP3SnLt6NXELy3AWkY0ENBfAa4zDIfYJiC0 The Beautiful Fonts and Scripts of Georgia]
- [http://www.georgiancalligraphy.com/p/about.html Georgian Calligraphy: About]
- {{youTube|MfOdWAun_jA|Documentary: History of the Georgian calligraphy}} produced by Georgian National Center of Manuscripts and Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
- {{youTube|mgpaBgvKLPU|Documentary: Georgian calligrapher Lile Chkhetiani}} produced by Imedi TV
- [http://www.pcu.ge/ საქართველოს კალიგრაფთა კავშირი (Calligraphers Union of Georgia)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221234551/http://www.pcu.ge/ |date=2015-02-21 }}
- [http://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/content/article/24502326.html კალიგრაფია თუ ფონტი?]
- [http://tbiliselebi.ge/?mas_id=268435530&year=2012&rubr_id=4&jurn_id=35 ვის აქვს ყველაზე ლამაზი ხელწერა საქართველოში და როგორ გადახატეს „ვეფხისტყაოსნის” აფორიზმები კონკურსანტებმა]
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