Khelrtva
A khelrtva (
queens consort, patriarchs, royalty and nobility,[1][2][3] universally used since the early eleventh century.[4]
The word khelrtva literally means 'to decorate, adorn or beautify with hand' in Georgian, kheli (ხელი) meaning a hand and rtva (რთვა) meaning to decorate or adorn.
Khelrtva signatures were written in one of the three
Asomtavruli script. Every Georgian monarch had their own individual khelrtva and was known as საუფლოჲ ხელი (sauploy kheli) literally meaning 'Hand of the Lord'. The tradition of khelrtvas is still in use in Georgia.[5]
Khelrtvas
Kings
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Khelrtva of King Bagrat IV -
Khelrtva of King George IV -
Khelrtva of King Vakhtang VI -
Khelrtva of King Solomon II -
Khelrtva of KingGeorge XII
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Queens regnant
Queens consort
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Khelrtva of Queen consort Ketevan the Martyr -
Khelrtva of Queen consortDarejan of Kakheti -
Khelrtva of Queen consort Mariam Dadiani
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Patriarchs
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Khelrtva of Patriarch Zachary -
Asomtavruli khelrtva of Patriarch Joseph -
Khelrtva of Patriarch Anton II -
Khelrtva of Patriarch Ilia II
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Presidents, Prime Ministers, Speakers
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Khelrtva of PresidentSalome Zurabishvili -
Khelrtva of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze -
Khelrtva of Speaker Shalva Papuashvili
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See also
- Huaya (Japanese: 花押), stylised calligraphic signatures used in East Asia
- Ottoman Turkish: طغرا), stylised Arabic signatures used by Ottomansultans
References
- ISBN 99928-998-1-6: [ფ.ა.]
- ^ National Parliamentary Library of Georgia: ხელრთვა
- ^ ეროვნულ არქივში XI – XVIII საუკუნეების დოკუმენტებზე არსებული ხელრთვების კატალოგი მომზადდა (A catalog of carvings on documents of the XI - XVIII centuries in the National Archives) Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine National Archives of Georgia
- ^ Kviris Palitra (2015) ქართველ მეფეთა ხელრთვანი (Khelrtvas of the Georgian kings), [online publication date: 2017, August 19]
- ^ Sinauridze, A. Hand of the Lord Karibche, 04.02.2010
External links
- Khelrtva: Vignettes and Monograms Γεωργιανά Χειρόγραφα Ιεράς Μονής Ιβήρων Αγίου Όρους
- ჯიმშერ რეხვიაშვილი ხელრთვა - ისტორიისა და ხელნაწერის მშვენება (Jimsher Rekhviashvili - The Beauty of History and Manuscript) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- ოთხი რესტავრირებული ეტრატი "განადგურებას გადარჩენილი საბუთები საცავში ბრუნდება" თამარ კიკნაველიძე, 24 საათი (Four Restored Etrats Documents Surviving the Destruction Returned to the Repository, Tamar Kiknavelidze)