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Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts is the most important depository of ancient Manuscript books and historical documents in Georgia. It was founded on 30 June 1958.
Major treasures of Georgian culture and history, kept at different times in various libraries and private collections are brought together in the depositories of the National Centre of Manuscripts. Its collection of about 15.000 manuscripts (5th-19th centuries) includes almost all the areas of ancient and medieval Georgian culture and sciences - history, geography, grammar, philosophy, biblical texts, hagiography, law, medicine, mathematics, astrology, alchemy-chemistry, dictionaries, medicinal books, translations, literature, chronology, art history, miniature, music, travel, military texts, social life, economy, as well as manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Syrian, Latin, Ethiopian, Mongolian and others.
Many originals, lost in their mother languages (especially Greek) and known only by their Georgian translations, have been saved from loss in the National Centre of Manuscripts.
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