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Ikalto
Ikalto may refer to: * Ikalto Monastery * Academy of Ikalto * Ikalto, Georgia {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikalto Monastery
Iqalto ( ka, იყალთო) is a village about 10 km west of the town Telavi in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. It is mostly known for its monastery complex and the Ikalto Academy. The Ikalto monastery was founded by Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Assyrian Fathers, in the late 6th century. It was known as one of the most significant cultural-scholastic centres of Georgia. An academy was founded at the monastery during king David the Builder by Arsen Ikaltoeli (''Ikaltoeli'' meaning ''from Ikalto''), and advisor to David IV, in 1106.Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia by Donald Rayfield The Academy of Ikalto trained its students in theology, rhetoric, astronomy, philosophy, geography, geometry, arithmetic, music, grammar, chanting but also more practical skills such as pottery making, metal work, viticulture and wine making and pharmacology. According to a legend the famous 12th century Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli studied there. There are three churches on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Ikalto
The Academy of Ikalto ( ka, იყალთოს აკადემია, tr) was an ecclesiastical academy established between the 11th-13th centuries in Kingdom of Georgia. Ikalto was known as one of the most significant cultural-scholastic centers of medieval Georgia, which is confirmed by the ruins of some civil building preserved at the site of the Ikalto Monastery. History According to sources, the first academy in this area was founded in the 9th century, but during the Arab invasions it was entirely devastated. During the Georgian Renaissance, the tutor of David IV of Georgia, scholar and philosopher Arsen of Ikalto initiated the idea of refounding the academy at Ikalto. The first rector of the academy was Arsen, who presumably moved there from the Gelati Academy. Most of his ''oeuvre'' comprises translations of major doctrinal and polemical works, which he compiled as his massive ''Dogmatikon'', "a book of teachings", which was influenced by the Aristotelianism of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |