An expedition to Saint Catherine's Monastery in 1950 (the Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopic, Slavonic and Georgian manuscripts of the old collection)

Just about the collection of Georgian manuscripts, Stig Frøyshov (2012, 236) wrote:

The ancient collection counts today 86 codices. It was photographed in its entirety in 1950 by an expedition initiated by the American Library of Congress.

A significan

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Incomplete New Iadgari (Georgian Tropologion) of the British Library online

The first Iadgari manuscript which was published entirely online. I would like to thank Andrew Wade who exchanged with me some precious observations on this source.

Add MS 11282

Hesperinos for Monday and Tuesday (f. 221r)

About 1000 • Incomplete (the t

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Musicology today 20 (2014): Georgian Chant (Musica sacra III)

Abstracts

   

Chanting in the Context of Georgian Christian Culture

 

Manana Andriadze

 

Georgian sacred music is one of the most ancient and significant parts of Christian culture. The history of Georgian church chanting takes its origin in the depths of

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International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony (Tbilisi, Georgia)

See:

http://polyphony.ge/en/home-2/

"Sacred Music":

http://polyphony.ge/en/georgia/georgian-sacred-music/history/

Symposiums:

http://symposium.polyphony.ge/en/history/

 

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