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Arsakisdze
Arsukidze or Arsukidze ( ka, არსუკისძე, tr) was a Georgian architect who built Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, the then capital of the Kingdom of Georgia. His name is inscribed on the external northern wall of the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. A relief sculpture shows a right arm and hand holding an L-square - symbol of the stonemason – with an inscription reads: An inscription on the east façade further attests to the fact that Arsukidze did not live to see his masterpiece finished (in 1029): His given name or other details are unknown. In Popular Culture Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's novel, The Right Hand of the Grand Master is based on the person of Arsukidze. In the novel, Gamsakhurdia uses Konstantine as his given name and changes the Surname Arsukidze with Arsakidze. thinks that he does so for political reasons. SUK ( ka, სუკი) was a Georgian abbreviation of KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комите ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Hand Of The Grand Master
''The Right Hand of the Grand Master'' ( ka, დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა, ''The Right Hand of the Grand Master Constantine''), also published as ''The Hand of the Great Master'' is a historical novel by 20th century Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, who first published it in 1939 in a literary magazine ''Mnatobi''. Subtitled a "knightly novel" by the author, the book received much critical acclaim in Georgia and in Soviet Union as a whole, selling 700,000 copies of 12 publications of its Russian-translated version in the author's lifetime alone. A two-episode feature film ''The Right Hand of the Grand Master'' based on the novel and directed by Vakhtang Tabliashvili and Devi Abashidze was premiered in 1969. Plot The story is based on the partially legendary story of renovation of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in 1010s Kingdom of Georgia by a young enigmatic architect Constantine Arsukidze (stylized as ''Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral The Hand Of The Architect
The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral ( ka, სვეტიცხოვლის საკათედრო ტაძარი, ''svet'icxovlis sak'atedro t'adzari''; literally the Cathedral of the Living Pillar) is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, Georgia (country), Georgia, to the northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. A masterpiece of the Early Middle Ages, Early and High Middle Ages, Svetitskhoveli is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It is currently the second largest church building in Georgia, after the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, Holy Trinity Cathedral. Known as the burial site of the claimed Christ's Seamless robe of Jesus, mantle, Svetitskhoveli has long been one of the principal Georgian Orthodox Church, Georgian Orthodox churches and is among the most venerated places of worship in the region. Throughout the centuries, the cathedral served as the burial place for kings. The present cross-in-square structure was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
