Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Wardrop d. 17

Source

Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)

Library

Oxford. Bodleian Library

Shelfmark

• Bodleian Library MS. Wardrop d. 17

Biblissima authority file

• https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q213936

Date

• 1690–1699

Language

• Georgian

Title

• Vepʿxistqaosani (ვეფხისტყაოსანი) ('The Knight in the Panther's Skin')

Agent

• Preferred form

  • Šot̕a Rust̕aveli

  Role

  • Author

  Original form

  • Rustʻaveli, Šotʻa, active 12th century-13th century

  Biblissima portal

  • https://portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/43093/pdata7b9d69c8416e61f59c19b14187903329922d4240

  Biblissima authority file

  • https://data.biblissima.fr/entity/Q15448

Description

• Numerous verses in various Caucasian & Turkic languages added in Georgian characters on blank pages.
  Extent: ff. ii + 237. 270 x 200 mm.
  Binding: Bound in wooden boards covered with stamped leather.
  Decoration: 50 coloured full-page illustrations and fragments or traces of others; many badly smudged or damaged.
  Provenance: Belonged at one time to Princess Mzexat'uni, daughter of King Davit' of Imereti. Presented to the Bodleian in 1911 by Prince Giorgi Ceret'eli, through Princess Venera Ceret'eli.

Rights

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Digitisation

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Manifest URL

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