Nuskhuri

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Nuskhuri is a medieval Georgian script primarily used in religious manuscripts and liturgical texts of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Asomtavruli 1
Khutsuri 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Georgian script
medieval script
associatedChurch Georgian Orthodox Church
associatedReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
associatedWith Georgian calligraphy
caseUsage lowercase in ecclesiastical writing
combinationName Khutsuri
combinedWith Asomtavruli
culturalSignificance part of Georgian Christian heritage
distinctFrom Mkhedruli secular script
geographicRegion Georgia
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
modernUsage used mainly in church publications
numberOfLetters 38
orthographicRole represents same phonemic inventory as other Georgian scripts
pairedWith Asomtavruli as uppercase
preservation monastic scriptoria
primaryUsage Georgian Orthodox Church texts
liturgical texts
religious manuscripts
relatedScript Asomtavruli
Mkhedruli
scriptCategory historic script
scriptCodeISO15924 Nusx
scriptFamily Georgian script
surface form: Georgian scripts
scriptLineage derived within Georgian script tradition
scriptSystem Georgian script
surface form: Georgian writing system
scriptUsageContext ecclesiastical
status liturgical use
typicalContent biblical texts
hymnography
liturgical services
unicodeBlock Georgian script
surface form: Georgian Supplement
unicodeStandard Unicode
usedInLanguage Georgian script
surface form: Georgian language
writingDirection left-to-right
writingMedium paper manuscripts
parchment manuscripts
writingSystemType alphabet

Referenced by (7)

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

this entity surface form: Khutsuri
Georgians historicalScript Nuskhuri
this entity surface form: Asomtavruli
Georgians historicalScript Nuskhuri
Mkhedruli sisterScript Nuskhuri
Asomtavruli successor Nuskhuri