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Sunday, 09 October, 2022

Kurashi Gospels, Stored in Svaneti, Will Undergo Restoration in the National Archive of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.

The most important monument of Georgian culture, the palimpsest gospel of the 9th-10th centuries, was brought to Tbilisi today in agreement with the Mestia municipality's mayor's office and Etseri community representatives. Deputy Minister of Justice, Buba Lomuashvili, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Thea Tsulukiani, Director of the National Archives, Teona Iashvili, representatives of local authorities attended the transportation process.

The unique manuscript will remain in the National Archives for restoration work for 18 months, after which the fully restored four chapters will be returned to the Etseri community. The restoration plan will be determined after evaluating the degree of damage to the manuscript.

The restorers of the National Archive Document Restoration and Microfilming Laboratory will perform the restoration with full guidance of the technological process in accordance with international standards, which will increase the quality of protection of the unique document and the duration of its further storage.

The Kurashi Gospel is the second manuscript preserved in Svaneti, which will undergo the restoration process in the laboratory of the National Archives. In 2021, the restoration works of the 12th century Lakhamuli Gospel were carried out in the Archives. The possibility of working on unique manuscripts is determined by the modern equipment of the laboratory, corresponding to the European standard, and the high professionalism of the restorers.

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