{"product_id":"gvakharia-vaja-hymns-of-mikael-modrekili-10th-century-in-3-volumes-miqael-modrekilis-himnebi-x-saukune-sam-tomad-1978-in-georgian","title":"Gvakharia, Vaja. Hymns of Mikael Modrekili: 10th Century, in 3 Volumes (Miqael Modrekilis himnebi: X sauk'une, sam t'omad). 1978. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eგვახარია, ვაჟა (1925-1991). მიქაელ მოდრეკილის ჰიმნები : X საუკუნე, სამ ტომად \/ რედაქტორი შალვა ამირანაშვილი.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : საბჭოთა საქართველო, 1978. 3 ტ. ; 30 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eწიგნი I: 299, [18] გვ. ; წინასიტყვ., რეზიუმე რუს., გერმ., ფრანგ. ენ. ; მეცნიერული კვლევა.\u003cbr\u003eწიგნი II: 544 გვ. ; ჰიმნების ტექსტი, კალიგრ. რ. ბურჭულაძე.\u003cbr\u003eწიგნი III: 558 გვ. ; ხელნაწერის ფაქსიმილე.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. ტირაჟი 3 000 ც.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი+: სამივე ტომი ყდით სუფთა, ოქრო და ვერცხლი ასოები ნათელი; I ტომის ზურგი მინიმალური ცვეთით ზედა კუთხეში; ბლოკები მტკიცე, სრული.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGvakharia, Vaja (1925-1991). Hymns of Mikael Modrekili: 10th Century, in 3 Volumes \/ editor Acad. Shalva Amiranashvili.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Sabch'ota Sakartvelo\" Publishing House, 1978. 3 vols. ; 30 cm.\u003cbr\u003eVol. I: 299, [18] pp. : scholarly study with summaries in Russian, German, and French.\u003cbr\u003eVol. II: 544 pp. : text of the hymns transcribed from the original manuscript by V. Gvakharia ; calligrapher R. Burchuladze.\u003cbr\u003eVol. III: 558 pp. : complete facsimile of the manuscript, prepared by V. Gvakharia.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Print run of 3,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good+: all three boards clean with bright gold and silver gilt lettering; minor wear at upper corner of Vol. I spine; all three text blocks firm and complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hymns of Mikael Modrekili is the definitive scholarly edition of the Iadgari of Mikael Modrekili (Georgian: მიქაელ მოდრეკილის იადგარი), one of the most important medieval manuscripts in the entire Caucasian cultural heritage and the principal monument of early Georgian hymnography and neumatic musical notation. The Iadgari was copied between 978 and 988 at the Monastery of Shatberdi in historical Klarjeti by the monk Mikael Modrekili and two anonymous collaborators. Written on 727 parchment folios in classical Nuskhuri script without ligatures, in black and red ink, with neumatic notation inscribed above and below the lines of text, the manuscript preserves the complete corpus of Georgian original and translated chants known in the tenth century - the moment at which original Georgian hymnographic composition reached its historical peak. The neumatic system employed in the Iadgari is distinct from the contemporary Paleo-Byzantine neumatic system and constitutes an independent Georgian notation tradition of exceptional musicological importance, central to ongoing international research into the reconstruction of Georgian sacred chant. The manuscript is preserved at the Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts in Tbilisi and is recognized as a monument of UNESCO heritage. The present three-volume edition is the work of the musicologist and palaeographer Vaja Gvakharia (1925-1991), the leading twentieth-century Georgian scholar of medieval Georgian musical manuscripts, who transcribed the text directly from the original parchment, prepared the facsimile, and composed the full scholarly apparatus. The edition is structured to serve three distinct scholarly uses: Vol. I provides the complete research monograph with summaries in Russian, German, and French, covering the paleographic analysis, historical overview of the tenth century, the relationship of Modrekili's hymns to nineteenth and twentieth-century chant traditions, and the linguistic and scribal features of the manuscript; Vol. II provides the full transcribed text in legible Georgian script, executed in calligraphy by R. Burchuladze; Vol. III provides a page-by-page photographic facsimile of the original parchment manuscript. This three-volume set is cited as the standard scholarly reference for the Iadgari of Mikael Modrekili in Georgian and international publications on Georgian sacred music, Byzantine hymnography, and Caucasian medieval manuscripts. Of primary interest to collectors of Georgian manuscript culture, medieval Georgian music and liturgy, Georgian Orthodox heritage, and Byzantine studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44313950519338,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2610.jpg?v=1777959260","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/gvakharia-vaja-hymns-of-mikael-modrekili-10th-century-in-3-volumes-miqael-modrekilis-himnebi-x-saukune-sam-tomad-1978-in-georgian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}