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	Georgian language - Wikinfo
		The oldest form of Georgian alphabet Asomtavruli was invented in the 5th century BC (412 BC) by the Georgian priests of the cult of Mathra (or Mithras).
		Older, pre-Christian Georgian (Asomtavruli) inscriptions dating from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD were found in Armaztsikhe (near Mtskheta) and Nekresi (in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia), in 1940 and 1995-2003 by the scientific expeditions of Academician Simon Janashia (1900-1947) and Academician Levan Chilashvili [2].
		The Georgian Asomtavruli, Tbilisi, 1980, 600 pp (in Georgian)
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Georgian_language_and_alphabet (1804 words)

	georgian language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Asomtavruli alphabet was reformed in 284 BC by king Farnavaz I of Iberia.
		Older, pre-Christian Asomtavruli inscriptions dating from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD were found in Armaztsikhe (near Mtskheta) and Nekresi (in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia), in 1940 and 1995-2003 by the scientific expeditions of Simon Janashia (1900-1947) and Levan Chilashvili [1].
		The Georgian Asomtavruli, Tbilisi, 1980, 600 pp (in Georgian)
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /georgian_language.html (718 words)

	Georgian Language and Alphabet. Who is Georgian Language and Alphabet? What is Georgian Language and Alphabet? Where is ...
		The original alphabet is known as Asomtavruli ("capital") or Mrgvlovani ("rounded"), examples of which are still preserved in monumental inscriptions, such as those of the Georgian church in Bethlehem (near Jerusalem, 430) and church of Bolnisi Sioni near Tbilisi (4th-5th centuries).
		Older, pre-Christian Georgian (Asomtavruli) inscriptions dating from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD were found in Armaztsikhe (near Mtskheta) and Nekresi (in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia), in 1940 and 1995-2003 by the scientific expeditions of Academician Simon Janashia (1900-1947) and Academician Levan Chilashvili [2].
		Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri, collectively known as Khutsuri (ხუცური) or church script, were used together to write religious manuscripts, with the Asomtavruli serving as capital letters.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Georgian_Language_and_Alphabet (502 words)

	Georgian alphabets
		At that time it was written with an alphabet known as Asomtavruli (capital letter) or Mrglovani (rounded), which was used until the 9th century.
		Asomtavruli was probably modelled on the Greek alphabet, though nobody knows who was responsible for this.
		During the 9th century, Asomtavruli was gradually replaced by a more angular alphabet known as Nuskha-khucuri, which was used until the 11th century.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/georgian.htm (265 words)

	Georgian language and alphabet by Levan Urushadze - Wikinfo
		Older, pre-Christian Georgian (Asomtavruli) inscriptions dating from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD were found in Armaztsikhe (near Mtskheta) and Nekresi (in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia) by the noted Georgian scientist Pavle Ingorokva and the scientific expedition of Academician Levan Chilashvili [1].
		Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri, collectively known as Khutsuri (ხუცური) or church script, were used together to write religious manuscripts, with the Asomtavruli serving as capital letters.
		"The Georgian Asomtavruli" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1980 (In Georgian)
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Georgian_language_and_alphabet_by_Levan_Urushadze (1654 words)

	Encyclopedia: Georgian alphabet
		==History of the alphabet==poo The oldest form of the Georgian script, the Asomtavruli ("capital") alphabet, was invented in 412 BC by Georgian priests of the cult of Matra (Persian Mithra).
		The Asomtavruli alphabet was reformed in 284 BC by king Parnavaz I of Iberia.
		Older, pre-Christian Asomtavruli inscriptions dating from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD were found in Armaztsikhe (near Mtskheta) and Nekresi (in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia), in 1940 and 1995â“2003 by the scientific expeditions of Simon Janashia (1900-1947) and Levan Chilashvili [1].
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Georgian-alphabet (1712 words)

	Georgian eleqtronic editions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		R.Pataridze’s opinion presents Asomtavruli as a monumental variation of the initial Phoenician alphabet created in the VI c.B.C. The author propounds the idea, that the graphics of Asomtavruli did not result from the evolution of Phoenician writing, but was created completely at a certain moment (91, pp.586-593).
		The old Georgian Asomtavruli was introduced to the country in the context of baptizing the country and the Christianization of Georgia (60, pp.131-132, 196-206).
		It should not be excluded, that Asomtavruli became the written language of the new Christian era, a written language of a new Georgian nation, that substituted (or supplanted) the previously existing written systems of the paganistic period.
	www.nplg.gov.ge /ic/library_e/gabeskiria/9.htm (3114 words)

	Idioma georgiano - Wikipedia
		El alfabeto Asomtavruli sufrió reformas en el año 284 adC hechas por el rey Farnavaz I de Iberia.
		Asomtavruli y Nuskhuri, conocidos como Khutsuri (ხუცური, o "escritura eclesiástica"), fueron usados para escribir manuscritos religiosos, utilizando el Asomtavruli para escribir las mayúsculas.
		The Georgian Asomtavruli, Tbilisi, 1980, 600 pp (en georgiano)
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Idioma_georgiano (730 words)

	Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Asomtavruli is the oldest type of Georgian script.
		All letters has one and the same size in Asomtavruli and are written between two lines.
		The famous Georgian linguist and author of the Georgian Grammar Ak’ak’i Shanidze suggested to revive Mrglovani (Asomtavruli) and use it for capital letters in the Modern Georgian script (Mkhedruli), but this attempt did not give any result.
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	Thomas Gamkrelidze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Georgian Asomtavruli was created in the Christian period—initially to translate the Scripture and to compose Christian literary monuments in Georgian language.
		The creation of the Old Georgian Asomtavruli script in the Christian period when the written translation of the Scripture into Georgian was realized, renders understandable the existence of written literary traditions already in the 5th century—the time of the creating of an original work of the rank of «The Passion of Shushanik».
		It should also be borne in mind that the Old Georgian Asomtavruli script may not have been the first attempt to create a writing for the Georgian language, and the existence of earlier written traditions in the pre-Christian period may not be ruled out.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Georgian alphabet
		One of the more contentious is that the asomtavruli alphabet was invented in 412 BCE by Georgian priests of the cult of Matra (Persian Mithra), and reformed in 284 BCE by king Parnavaz I of Iberia.
		Examples of it are still preserved in monumental inscriptions, such as those of the Georgian church in Bethlehem (near Jerusalem, 430) and the church of Bolnisi Sioni near Tbilisi (4th-5th centuries).
		Older Asomtavruli inscriptions have been claimed to date from pre-Christian times, the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Georgian_alphabet (473 words)

	Georgian Manuscripts - Ancient Georgian Manuscripts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		There are three stages of development of alphabet used in Georgian manuscripts (as well as in epigraphic monuments): Asomtavruli (majuscule), Nuskhuri (hieratic, miniscule) and Mkhedruli (secular).
		The oldest type of Georgian script is Asomtavruli - already first monuments of Georgian writing dated by 4th-5th cc.
		Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri scripts coexist in different manuscripts or, sometimes in different parts of the same manuscript.
	www.manuscripts.ge /en/man_history.asp (1030 words)

	Parnavaz I of Iberia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		He was a reformator of the Georgian (Asomtavruli) alphabet (284 BC).
		Upon his ascent to the throne, Parnavaz divided his kingdom into several counties (saeristavo), including Egrisi, Argveti, Odzrkhe, Klarjeti, Tsunda, Samshvilde, Khunani and Kakheti and a special military district (saspaspeto) of Kartli.
		He also reformed a Georgian alphabet creating the oldest form of the Georgian script "Asomtavruli".
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Parnavaz_I_of_Iberia (457 words)

	About Georgia : Language and Alphabet : Georgian Alphabet
		The oldest uncontroversial examples of Georgian writing are an asomtavruli inscription in a church in Bethlehem from 430 CE.
		One of the more contentious is that the asomtavruli alphabet was invented in 412 BC by Georgian priests of the cult of Matra (Persian Mithra), and reformed in 284 BC by king Parnavaz I of Iberia.
		Older Asomtavruli inscriptions have been claimed to date from pre-Christian times, the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD.
	www.aboutgeorgia.net /language/alphabet.html (619 words)

	The History of Written Language
		These are inscriptions made on the Georgian church built in 430 by Petre Iberi in Juda desert (near Beth-lehem), and inscriptions on the Bolnisi Sioni temple in 495.
		In 1629 Georgian type was cast in moulds in Rome for the first time and it was then that in 1629 "Georgian-Italian Dictionary" and "Georgian alphabet with prayers", compiled by Stephano Paolini and Nikiphore Irbach (Cholokashvili) were printed.
		In 1705, in Moscow under the guidance of the King Archil II Nuskhuri and Khutsuri types were cast, in which "Davitni" was printed.
	members.tripod.com /ggdavid/georgia/language/bookhist.htm (418 words)

	Georgia@Everything2.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Said to have been first developed by, or under the guidance of, King Parnavaz in the 3rd century BC, the Georgian written language, albeit changed over time, is one of the 14 remaining alphabets in the world.
		Asomtavruli, being the oldest of the three forms can be found in a few places, among them the Petre Iberi in Judah and inscribed on the Bolnisi Temple.
		Asomtavruli would eventually, along with the later Nuskhuri writing, become the premier form of writing for the ecclesial community.
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		Like this, the Asomtavruli script represents an alphabet which, although considerably differing in shape, is mapped perfectly onto the model alphabet, with a number of additional units (cf.
		Asomtavruli as a monumental script was designed for inscriptions first (cf.
		This is why we propose to establish three character blocks for Asomtavruli, Nusxa-Xucuri and Mxedruli respectively, each block comprising (Asomtavruli) majuscule characters.
	titus.uni-frankfurt.de /personal/jg/unicode/unicode.htm (4152 words)

	Georgian Art. Past and Present (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		It underwent several stages of development in the course of centuries and, correspondingly, changed its names: Asomtavruli, Nuskha-Khutsuri (from the 9th century), and Mkhedruli (contemporary, from the 11th century).
		In the middle of 6th century a triple-church basilica type was established, in which three naves are segregated by walls.
		On the front side a crucifixion is depicted with an inscription, made in Asomtavruli, which says: "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews".
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	Georgian Alphabet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		There are three types, or levels of development, of the Georgian alphabet: “Asomtavruli” (upper-case), “Nuskhuri” (lowercase), and “Mkhedruli” (secular).
		The oldest surviving examples of “Asomtavruli” are inscriptions found in Bolnisi on the stones of Sioni church (493) and an inscription on a church built in Palestine by Petre Ibery (433).
		Also, Asomtavruli is the script of the oldest preserved work of Georgian written art, “Torture of Shushaniki”.
	www.geotc.net /lett_about_en.htm (210 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The artistic initial letters are called "asomtavruli" because in the course of many centuries the letters of the asomtavruli writing were used to decorate the texts written in the "nuskhuri'' and "mkhedruli" script.
		Epigraphical monument, the early samples of the asomtavruli writing, were made on such principles.
		Till the X cent, contours of capital letters looked like the text's letters: they were written by ink and were the same as asomtavruli, only a bit larger: the capital letters repeat all the features inherent in the graphical type "asomtavruli".
	www.opentext.org.ge /art/treasure/oldgeo~1.htm (3987 words)

	decodeunicode.org . Unicode Blocks . Georgian
		It consisted only of capitals (Asomtavruli actually means »capital«) and its letters were all the same height and written between two lines.
		The Asomtavruli was used until the 9th century, when it developed into the Nuskha-Khucuri, a square alphabet that was mostly used in the 10th-11th century.
		A mixture of Asomtavruli (for the capitals) and Nuskha-Khucuri called Khucesi script (»priest-script«) is still in use in the Georgian Orthodox Church today.
	www.decodeunicode.org /w3.php?viewMode=block&ucHex=10A0 (443 words)

	Georgian - Language Directory
		The oldest surviving literary text in Georgian is the "Martyrdom of Saint Shushaniki, of the Queen" (C'amebaj c'midisa Shushanik'isi, dedoplisa) by Iakob Tsurtaveli, from the 5th century AD.
		The oldest form of the Georgian script, the Asomtavruli ("capital") alphabet, was invented in 412 BC by Georgian priests of the cult of Matra (Persian Mithra).
		The Asomtavruli alphabet was reformed in 284 BC by king Farnavaz I of Iberia.
	language-directory.50webs.com /languages/georgian.htm (278 words)

	Parnavaz I of Iberia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Thus, the most of the present day (A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Georgia formed a single state under Parnavaz.
		He also reformed a (Click link for more info and facts about Georgian alphabet) Georgian alphabet creating the oldest form of the Georgian script "Asomtavruli".
		This was confirmed by the archaeological excavations of (The decade from 1940 to 1949) 1940's and 1995-2003 in Armaztsikhe (near (Click link for more info and facts about Mtskheta) Mtskheta) and Nekresi (in (Click link for more info and facts about Kakheti) Kakheti).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pa/Parnavaz_I_of_Iberia.htm (698 words)

	Georgian Scripture and Fonts - History
		In 1643, in Rome, "Georgian Grammar" by Francisco-Maria Majio was printed, using Nuskhuri, Asomtavruli and Mkhedruli.
		Mtavruli was implemented in state life as attribute of Christian religion, which growth to state religion in Georgian Kartli Kingdom from 330s.
		Asomtavruli was developed under influence of Greek (scripture of New Testament) and Aramaic (Scripture of Christian Old Testament) and is in many respects following contemporary international type style and ideology.
	www.geocities.com /shavlego/fonts/0-fnt-history.htm (1131 words)

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