Mamuka Tavakalashvili or Tavakarashvili ( ka, მამუკა თავაქალაშვილი) was a
Georgian poet
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,
painter
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and famous
calligrapher
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of the 17th century at the court of the
King of Imereti.
He was captured in
Principality of Samegrelo in 1634 during the Georgian feudal fights when kings
Teimuraz I of Kakheti and
George III of Imereti waged war against King
Rostom of Kartli and the
Dadiani princes of Samegrelo. After this Mamuka worked as calligrapher at the court of Prince
Levan II Dadiani.
In 1646 he copied
The Knight in the Panther's Skin where he created 39 miniatures.
In 1647 Tavakalashvili also copied the Georgian translation of
Shahnameh
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.
References
*
Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor ...
, ტ. 4, გვ. 562, თბ., 1979
*
Korneli Kekelidze, ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორია, ტ. 2, თბ., 1958;
*ამირანაშვილი შ., ქართული ხელოვნების ისტორია, თბ., 1971;
*ბარამიძე ა., ნარკვევები ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორიიდან, ტ. 2, თბ., 1940;
*ბერიძე ვ., ძველი ქართველი ოსტატები, თბ., 1967;
*კობიძე დ., სპარსული ლიტერატურა, ნაწ. 2, თბ., 1947;
*ყუბანეიშვილი ს., ლიტერატურული და ხალხური ზააქიანი, „საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემიის მოამბე“, 1953, თ. 14, № 6;
*შერვაშიძე ლ., „ვეფხისტყაოსნის“ 1646 წლის ხელნაწერის მინიატურების ავტორობის შესახებ, იქვე, 1955, ტ. 16, № 6;
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Calligraphers from Georgia (country)
17th-century people from Georgia (country)
17th-century poets from Georgia (country)
Painters from Georgia (country)
Manuscript illuminators
Male poets from Georgia (country)
17th-century male writers