This is the Power Point Presentation from the National Centre of Manuscripts (GE) shown on their behalf to the ICARUS consortium at the ICARUS-Meeting #14 in Colmar (FR) as new member of ICARUS

1. National Centre of Manuscripts
Georgia
Vladimer Kekelia
Tbilisi 2014

2. The National Centre of Manuscripts was founded in
1958. Up to 9000 (5th-19th cent) Georgian
manuscript books, 5000 manuscripts books and
documents in foreign languages (Arabic, Persian,
Turkish, Armenian, Greek, German, Latin, Italian,
Hebrew, Polish, Mongolian), up to 200 personal
archives of famous Georgian and non Georgian
public figures are homed in its depositories.

3. Objectives:
• Search and research of manuscripts,
historical documents and personal archives
• Conservation and restoration
• Digitalization
• Publication

4. Manuscript Collection
The Jrutchi Gospel I (936-940 years)

5. The Jrutchi Gospel II
(12th century)

6. The Gelati Four Gospels (12th century)

7. The Gelati Four Gospels

8. The cover for the Tskarostavi Gospel by Beshken Opizari, 12th
century

9. The Mokvi Gospel (1300 year.)

10. Manuscripts and
Historical Documents
in Foreign Languages

11. Grigol Tsereteli
(1870-1938)
Papyrus collection
Archives
(19th-20th cent.)

12. Letter from Giuseppe Mazzini
Leo Tolstoys autograph

13. Baron de Baye’s
Letters (1902/1909)