Nuskhuri script

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The Nuskhuri script is a medieval ecclesiastical form of the Georgian alphabet used primarily in religious manuscripts and liturgical texts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nuskhuri script canonical 3
Asomtavruli script 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Georgian script
medieval script
writing system
associatedWith Christian manuscripts
Georgian liturgy
characterSet letters for Georgian phonemes
developedIn Georgia
direction left-to-right
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
partOf Georgian ecclesiastical writing tradition
primaryUsage biblical manuscripts
ecclesiastical texts
relatedTo Georgian script
surface form: Asomtavruli script

Georgian script
surface form: Mkhedruli script
scriptFamily Georgian script
surface form: Georgian scripts
scriptType alphabet
scriptVariantOf Georgian script
surface form: Georgian alphabet
stillUsedIn Georgian ecclesiastical contexts
subclassOf Georgian script
surface form: Georgian alphabet
timePeriod medieval Georgia
UNESCOStatus part of Georgian alphabet inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
usedBy Georgian clergy
Georgian scribes
usedFor liturgical texts
religious manuscripts
usedIn Georgian Orthodox Church
usedWith Georgian script
surface form: Asomtavruli script
writingMedium paper manuscripts
parchment manuscripts
writingSystemOf Georgian language

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgian language writingSystem Nuskhuri script
this entity surface form: Asomtavruli script
Georgian language writingSystem Nuskhuri script
Old Georgian language writingSystem Nuskhuri script
Old Georgian writingSystem Nuskhuri script