Tsereteli, G. (Ed.) The Meter and Rhyme in Rustaveli’s Poem "The Knight in the Panther’s Skin": Symphony of Rhymes and Tables of Syllabic Distribution, 1973. In Georgian.

მეტრი და რითმა ვეფხისტყაოსანში: რითმათა სიმფონია და სიტყვათა მარცვლობრივი განაწილების ცხრილები. / გამოსაცემად მოამზადეს გ. წერეთელმა, გ. კარტოზიამ, ც. კიკვიძემ, ს. ცაიშვილმა; გ. წერეთლის რედაქციითა და გამოკვლევით; ვეფხისტყაოსნის აკადემიური ტექსტის დამდგენი კომისია.
თბილისი : გამომცემლობა „მეცნიერება“, 1973.
445 გვ. ; 27 სმ. მყარი კაზმ. დამატებითი თავფურცლები რუსულ და ინგლისურ ენებზე. ტირაჟი 4000 ეგზ.
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The Meter and Rhyme in Rustaveli’s Poem "The Man in the Panther’s Skin": Symphony of Rhymes and Tables of Syllabic Distribution. / Prepared for publication by G. Tsereteli, G. Kartoziya, Ts. Kikvidze, S. Tsaishvili; edited and with research by G. Tsereteli; Commission for the Establishment of the Academic Text of "The Man in the Panther’s Skin".
Tbilisi : Metsniereba Publishing House, 1973.
445 pp. ; 27 cm. Hardcover. In Georgian, with additional title pages in Russian and English. Print run of 4,000 copies.

This 1973 monumental scholarly work is a cornerstone of Rustavelology, representing the pinnacle of structural and linguistic analysis of Shota Rustaveli’s 12th-century masterpiece. Produced by the Commission for the Establishment of the Academic Text, the volume provides a deep dive into the meter and rhyme of the shairi (the 16-syllable Georgian verse), dissecting the complex phonetic patterns that define the poem's unique musicality.
The core of the book consists of the "Symphony of Rhymes"—a comprehensive concordance and systematic classification of every rhyme used in the epic—accompanied by exhaustive tables showing the syllabic distribution of words. Under the rigorous editorship of the distinguished Academician George Tsereteli, this work moved the study of the poem from purely literary appreciation to precise mathematical and linguistic modeling. Spanning 445 pages in a large 27 cm format, the book is a technical triumph of Georgian academic publishing.
It serves not only as a dictionary of rhymes but as a fundamental tool for textual criticism, allowing scholars to verify the authenticity of various stanzas based on Rustaveli's strict prosodic rules. The inclusion of English and Russian title pages reflects the international significance of this research for the fields of comparative poetics and medieval studies. Published by Metsniereba in a sturdy hardcover with a print run of 4,000 copies, this 1973 Tbilisi edition remains an indispensable reference for any serious study of "The Man in the Panther's Skin." For bibliophiles, linguists, and collectors of Georgiana, it is a vital primary source, documenting the zenith of 20th-century Georgian philological science and the enduring structural perfection of Rustaveli's verse.