Description: The Lord of the Panther-Skin (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works : Series of Translations from the Literatures of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (English and Georgian Edition) Hardcover – January 1, 1977. Georgian Edition by Shota Rustaveli (Author), R.H. Stevenson (Translator) Hardcover, Olive green cloth over boards. Gilded titling on spine. We do not kjnow if this edition was issued with a dustjacket; it looks as though it shouls have one. This classic medieval romance of chivalry by an outstanding figure in a brilliant period of Georgian literature has affinities with both the Persian tradition and that of the West. The Knight in the Panther's Skin is a Georgian medieval epic poem, written in the 12th or 13th century by Georgia's national poet Shota Rustaveli. A definitive work of the Georgian Golden Age, the poem consists of over 1600 Rustavelian Quatrains and is considered to be a "masterpiece of the Georgian literature". Until the early 20th century, a copy of this poem was part of the dowry of every bride. B1
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Albany, NY
Signed: No
Publisher: State University of New York
Subject: Medeval Georgia
Year Printed: 1977
Language: English
Author: Shota Rustaveli
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Size:: 6" x 9"
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Pages:: 240
