Nuskhuri

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Nuskhuri is a medieval Georgian script primarily used in religious manuscripts and liturgical texts of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nuskhuri canonical 5
Asomtavruli 1
Khutsuri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Georgian script
medieval script
associatedChurch Georgian Orthodox Church
associatedReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
associatedWith Georgian calligraphy
caseUsage lowercase in ecclesiastical writing
combinationName Khutsuri
combinedWith Asomtavruli
culturalSignificance part of Georgian Christian heritage
distinctFrom Mkhedruli secular script
geographicRegion Georgia
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
modernUsage used mainly in church publications
numberOfLetters 38
orthographicRole represents same phonemic inventory as other Georgian scripts
pairedWith Asomtavruli as uppercase
preservation monastic scriptoria
primaryUsage Georgian Orthodox Church texts
liturgical texts
religious manuscripts
relatedScript Asomtavruli
Mkhedruli
scriptCategory historic script
scriptCodeISO15924 Nusx
scriptFamily Georgian scripts
linked to: Georgian script
scriptLineage derived within Georgian script tradition
scriptSystem Georgian writing system
linked to: Georgian script
scriptUsageContext ecclesiastical
status liturgical use
typicalContent biblical texts
hymnography
liturgical services
unicodeBlock Georgian Supplement
linked to: Georgian script
unicodeStandard Unicode
usedInLanguage Georgian language
linked to: Georgian script
writingDirection left-to-right
writingMedium paper manuscripts
parchment manuscripts
writingSystemType alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgians historicalScript Asomtavruli
linked to: Nuskhuri
Georgians historicalScript Nuskhuri
Georgian script combinedEcclesiasticalForm Khutsuri
linked to: Nuskhuri
Asomtavruli successor Nuskhuri
Mkhedruli sisterScript Nuskhuri