Rustaveli’s Gift to Humanity: ‘Dressed in a Tiger’s Fur’ in World Languages

Location: Old Library, All Souls

This is an event celebrating the 12th and 13th century Georgian national poet, Shota Rustaveli, as part of a series of events to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the recovery of a fresco of Shota Rustaveli in the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, the only known visual depiction of the poet from the medieval period. This event will feature multilingual readings of excerpts from Rustaveli's poetic epic Vefkhistqaosani 'Dressed in a Tiger's Fur' in order to introduce his work and its significance beyond Georgia, across the many diverse cultures in which translations of the text are now available. 

More details can be found at this link, where you can also register to the event as spaces are limited: https://oxfordinterfaithforum.org/blog/the-65th-anniversary-of-the-recovery-of-the-iconic-interculturalist-poet-shota-rustavelis-medieval-fresco/