GTU Students on an Educational Excursion to the National Museum
30-10-2024
„Youth, students, and everyone for whom the past, culture, and traditions of our country are the main values, I recommend visiting the National Museum to learn about the first beginnings of Georgian Christian culture and the exhibits preserved in the museum, among which, the unique handwritten book of Ioane Zosime, is an important part of the immortal history of Georgia“, - Archil Gurgenidze, the president of the Nodar Tabidze Club of the Georgian Technical University, a student of the Faculty of Engineering Economics, Media Technologies, and Social Sciences, announced this while evaluating the cognitive excursion to the National Museum.
With the support of Academician David Gurgenidze, rector of the Georgian Technical University, on the initiative of the Christian Culture Research Laboratory and the organization of the Nodar Tabidze Club, as well as the Faculty of Engineering Economics, Media Technologies and Social Sciences, students visited the National Museum of Georgia to familiarize themselves with the Ioane Zosime unique manuscript.
According to Kakha Dzagania, professor of law and international relations of GTU, head of the research laboratory of Christian culture, the visit to the national museum had the load of an educational excursion.
“The research laboratory of Christian culture, with the rector’s support, constantly conducts external events, with to form and protect fundamental national values among students.
The students’ visit to the National Museum and the cognitive excursion are connected with the unique manuscript of Ioane Zosime.
Monk John left us “The Praise and Glory of Georgian Language”, three of the four manuscripts of which are kept on Mount Sinai, and the fourth is kept in the National Library in St. Petersburg.
The palimpsest, which Bidzina Ivanishvili bought and donated to the museum, is the first manuscript of Ioane Zosime, that founded Sanctuary in Georgia. To get acquainted with this unique manuscript and other sights, we organized an educational excursion together with the Nodar Tabidze club, according to the decision of the rector, academician David Gurgenidze.
I would like to emphasize that it was one of the best and most interesting outing events, full of emotions, for which I thank the General Director of the National Museum of Georgia, academician David Lortkipanidze, the director of the museum group Nika Akhalbedashvili and the deputy Kakha Chumbadze”, said Kakha Dzagania.
For reference: Patron and philanthropist Bidzina Ivanishvili bought the manuscript of Ioane Zosime dated 979 at the Christie’s auction in London in June 2024 and handed it over to the National Museum of Georgia as a gift.
The book is a palimpsest, with a different text added to the original text later. The Old Script is a Western Aramaic dialect spoken by Christians in Palestine and Transjordan in the 5th-12th centuries.
This dialect has survived only in a few manuscripts. In the 10th century, Georgian text was transcribed on the same pages, in the Khutsuri alphabet. The format of the book is 200X150 millimeters and 70 pages. It was written in 979 and was indicated by John Zosime himself on one of the pages.
With the support of Academician David Gurgenidze, rector of the Georgian Technical University, on the initiative of the Christian Culture Research Laboratory and the organization of the Nodar Tabidze Club, as well as the Faculty of Engineering Economics, Media Technologies and Social Sciences, students visited the National Museum of Georgia to familiarize themselves with the Ioane Zosime unique manuscript.
According to Kakha Dzagania, professor of law and international relations of GTU, head of the research laboratory of Christian culture, the visit to the national museum had the load of an educational excursion.
“The research laboratory of Christian culture, with the rector’s support, constantly conducts external events, with to form and protect fundamental national values among students.
The students’ visit to the National Museum and the cognitive excursion are connected with the unique manuscript of Ioane Zosime.
Monk John left us “The Praise and Glory of Georgian Language”, three of the four manuscripts of which are kept on Mount Sinai, and the fourth is kept in the National Library in St. Petersburg.
The palimpsest, which Bidzina Ivanishvili bought and donated to the museum, is the first manuscript of Ioane Zosime, that founded Sanctuary in Georgia. To get acquainted with this unique manuscript and other sights, we organized an educational excursion together with the Nodar Tabidze club, according to the decision of the rector, academician David Gurgenidze.
I would like to emphasize that it was one of the best and most interesting outing events, full of emotions, for which I thank the General Director of the National Museum of Georgia, academician David Lortkipanidze, the director of the museum group Nika Akhalbedashvili and the deputy Kakha Chumbadze”, said Kakha Dzagania.
For reference: Patron and philanthropist Bidzina Ivanishvili bought the manuscript of Ioane Zosime dated 979 at the Christie’s auction in London in June 2024 and handed it over to the National Museum of Georgia as a gift.
The book is a palimpsest, with a different text added to the original text later. The Old Script is a Western Aramaic dialect spoken by Christians in Palestine and Transjordan in the 5th-12th centuries.
This dialect has survived only in a few manuscripts. In the 10th century, Georgian text was transcribed on the same pages, in the Khutsuri alphabet. The format of the book is 200X150 millimeters and 70 pages. It was written in 979 and was indicated by John Zosime himself on one of the pages.
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