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v_charneau Registered: December 2004 Posts: 4,164	Mokvi Gospels (Q-902), 1300. 30 x 23.5 cm. Written on a parchment in nuskhuri script in two columns. The manuscript was commissioned in 1300 by Daniel, Bishop of Mokvi, and donated to the Mokvi church of the Virgin. The manuscript was executed by the master Eprem and is adorned with the canon tables, headpieces, initial letters and 157 miniatures. The manuscript is lavishly illustrated. Some of the illuminations are painted on whole folio, others are small with borders, and they follow the Gospel text. Miniatures of the Mokvi Gospels are painted on gold, which is a unique case.
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	Additional Info
	Keywords: Georgian Byzantine manuscripts
	Photographer: Mirian Kiladze
	Copyright: National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi
	Date: 20 December 2006
	Place: National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi
	Country: Georgia
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