Literary and other written works Culture of Georgia (country)

the manuscript of knight in panther s skin (16th century)

important georgian literary works of pre-christian period are:

amiraniani, ancient georgian folk epos.

notable georgian written works medieval period include:

martyrdom of holy queen shushanik iakob tsurtaveli (the oldest surviving work of georgian literature written between 476 , 483)
corpus areopagiticum, philosophical , theological work attributed peter iberian (5th century)
the life of saint nino (8th century) (anon)
the martyrdom of abo tbileli ioane sabanisdze (8th century)
the life of grigol khandzteli giorgi merchule (10th century)
ustsoro karabadini (peerless karabadini) (10th century)
a history of georgian kings ( tskhovreba kartvelta mepeta ) leonti mroveli (11th century)
a history of royal house of bagrationi sumbat davitisdze (11th century)
eteriani, folk epic (c. 11th century)
life of king farnavaz (anon) (11th century)
tamariani ioane chakhrukhadze (12th century)
shen khar venakhi ( thou art vineyard ), famous georgian hymn king demetre bagrationi (12th century)
vepkhistkaosani (the knight in panther s skin), national epic poem shota rustaveli (12th century)
abdulmesiani ioane shavteli (13th century)
kartlis tskhovreba (history of georgia), collection of old georgian chronicles (from ancient times 14th century)




^ baramidze, georgian literature