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'Ilia Abuladze' () (November 24, 1901 – October 9, 1968) was a distinguished Georgian historian and philologist specializing in the history of old Georgian literature and the Armeno-Georgian literary relations. He is also renowned for having rediscovered the lost alphabet of Caucasian Albanians He was a Correspondent Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS) (1950), Doctor of Sciences (1938), and Professor (1947).
Abuladze was born in a small village in Imereti (Western Georgia). In 1927 he graduated from the Tbilisi State University (TSU) and engaged in academic work since 1932. In 1950 Abuladze was elected a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. In 1958 he organized the Institute of Manuscripts of the GAS (now the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts) and became its lifelong director. In 1938-1968 Abuladze was a Professor of the Tbilisi State University.
Abuladze published critical editions of all major Georgian hagiographical works in the monumental series of ''Works of Old Georgian Hagiographical Literature'' (ძველი ქართული აგიოგრაფიული ლიტერატურის ძეგლები). Having taken a special interest in Armenian sources, Abuladze edited the medieval Armenian adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. He also discovered and studied the ancient Albanian script (1937) and compiled ''Dictionary of the Old Georgian Language'' (ძველი ქართული ენის ლექსიკონი; appeared posthumously in 1973).[1]
1. Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), ''Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts'', p. 16. Peeters Bvba ISBN 90-429-1318-5
Abuladze was born in a small village in Imereti (Western Georgia). In 1927 he graduated from the Tbilisi State University (TSU) and engaged in academic work since 1932. In 1950 Abuladze was elected a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. In 1958 he organized the Institute of Manuscripts of the GAS (now the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts) and became its lifelong director. In 1938-1968 Abuladze was a Professor of the Tbilisi State University.
Abuladze published critical editions of all major Georgian hagiographical works in the monumental series of ''Works of Old Georgian Hagiographical Literature'' (ძველი ქართული აგიოგრაფიული ლიტერატურის ძეგლები). Having taken a special interest in Armenian sources, Abuladze edited the medieval Armenian adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. He also discovered and studied the ancient Albanian script (1937) and compiled ''Dictionary of the Old Georgian Language'' (ძველი ქართული ენის ლექსიკონი; appeared posthumously in 1973).[1]
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1. Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), ''Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts'', p. 16. Peeters Bvba ISBN 90-429-1318-5
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