A Book of Wisdom and Lies

A Book of Wisdom and Lies (Georgian: წიგნი სიბრძნე სიცრუისა) is a collection of fables and tales written by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani between 1686 – 1695. In the early 18th century, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, supported by his pupil and nephew King Vakhtang VI, introduced modern schooling and printing to Georgia. Orbeliani also compiled the first extant Georgian dictionary and wrote a book of instructive fables, “წიგნი სიბრძნე სიცრუისა”, (c. 1700; A Book of Wisdom and Lies). The book consists of more than 160 illustrations & was Published in 2010.
Writer: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani / Publisher: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing
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Posted on Jun 29, 2017

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