Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Center of Manuscripts THE GEORGIAN MANUSCRIPT BOOK ABROAD Compiled by Maia Karanadze, Vladimer Kekelia, Lela Shatirishvili and Nestan Chkhikvadze Edited by Nestan Chkhikvadze Tbilisi 2018 The book “Georgian Manuscripts Abroad – Monograph in Georgian and English” is published under the Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Center of Manuscript’s research project (HE 15-008) funded by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation. Scientific leader of the project: Nestan Chkhikvadze Team of scholars: Maia Karanadze, Vladimer Kekelia and Lela Shatirishvili Project Coordinator: Zurab Samarganishvili English translation by Lado Mirianashvili The project participants extend their thanks to the National Library of Austria, the Berlin State Library, the British Library, the National Library of France, the National Library of Russia (in Saint- Petersburg), the Library of University of Birmingham, Cambridge University Library, Göttingen University Library, the University of Graz Library, the Library of Congress, Houghton Library of Harvard University, Leipzig University Library, the Lilly Library University of Indiana, the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford , Princeton University Library for cooperation. We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Gillian Evison, the head of the Bodleian Libraries’ Oriental Section, Olga Vasileva, curator of the Oriental collections Manuscript department National library of Russia, Meline Pehlivanian, Deputy Head of the Oriental department Berlin State Library, for their willingness to support the project. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and magnetic recording, without the prior permission in writing from the copyright owner. All the illustrations published in the Monograph Book are officially agreed with scientific library centers operating abroad. All rights reserved. © 2018 Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Center of Manuscripts © 2018 Nestan Chkhikvadze, Vladimer Kekelia, Maia Karanadze, Zurab Samarganishvili, Lela Shatirishvili ISBN 978-9941-9564-9-2 CONTENTS FOREWORD.............................................................................................................................................7 The Republic of Austria.............................................................................................................13 The Austrian National Library........................................................................................14 The University of Graz Library........................................................................................17 Church of Mechitarists in Vienna....................................................................................23 The United States of America...................................................................................................25 Houghton Library of Harvard University........................................................................25 Library of Princeton University.......................................................................................27 Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies...............................................................28 Walters art museum, Mount Vernon-Belvedere..............................................................29 Hill Museum and Manuscript Librar...............................................................................30 Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington..............................................................30 The Federal Republic of Germany............................................................................................32 Berlin State Library..........................................................................................................33 Leipzig University Library...............................................................................................37 Göttingen Library.............................................................................................................41 Library of the German Oriental Society in Halle.............................................................42 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...................................................43 The British National Library............................................................................................43 Cambridge University Library.........................................................................................49 Library of Birmingham University..................................................................................53 Bodleian Library in Oxford..............................................................................................59 Arab Republic of Egypt.............................................................................................................69 Georgian Manuscripts from the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai.................69 Biblical Books...................................................................................................................72 Collections............................................................................................................................77 Liturgical Collections.......................................................................................................89 Hymnographic Collections..............................................................................................98 Vatican City State...................................................................................................................110 The Italian Republic...............................................................................................................113 The State of Israel.....................................................................................................................115 For significance of the Jerusalem collection..................................................................115 Biblical books.................................................................................................................117 Collections.....................................................................................................................120 Liturgical manuscripts...................................................................................................134 Hymnographic manuscripts...........................................................................................139 The Republic of Poland..........................................................................................................147 The Russian Federation..........................................................................................................149 The State Historical Museum (Russia)...........................................................................149 The National Library of Russia (Saint Petersburg)........................................................150 Institute of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences..................155 Religious manuscripts...........................................................................................156 Secular manuscripts.................................................................................................164 The Hellenic Republic.............................................................................................................188 Significance of the Iviron collection..............................................................................188 Collections of early Byzantine redaction.......................................................................192 Collections containing translations of Ephrem the Athonite........................................195 Collections containing translations of Giorgi the Athonite and of the priest-monk Theopile............................................................................................................................201 Liturgical/Hymnographic collections of Giorgi the Athonite’s redaction.....................203 Hellenophile translations (Ephrem Mtsire)...................................................................211 The French Republic...............................................................................................................212 The Republic of Armenia........................................................................................................224 Schøyen collection..................................................................................................................231 Appendix...........................................................................................................................................231 Illustrations.............................................................................................................................239 Bibliography............................................................................................................................317 Thematical index....................................................................................................................346 Foreword This publication was prepared under the project “Georgian Manuscript Book Abroad – A Mono- graph in Georgian and English” funded by the Rustaveli National Science Foundation in 2015. Data about 1532 Georgian manuscripts and fragments held at universities, libraries and museums