March 548
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Neumetic Hymns, 10th-11th Centuries

One of the earliest Georgian manuscripts decorated with the neumes. It is rewritten with the calligraphical nuskhuri; the headings, initials, wills and the neumes – in cinnabar. In spite of the fragmentary form, the will is preserved, written in mtavruli. The parchment, size: 14.4X10.5.

The neumes are the oldest elements of the musical notation. According to the specialists, it should have been formed in nearly 8th–9th centuries.