📋 Tender Overview
The Development Of Literacy In The Caucasian Territories
A First Account Of The Development Of Literacy In The Caucasusthe Development Of Alphabetic Scripts By Three Distinct Ethnic Groups In The Caucasus – Armenians, Georgians And The So-Called ‘Caucasian Albanians’ – In The Early 5Th Century Is Associated With The Emergence Of Literacy. This Was Also The First Step Taken By Armenians, Georgians And The Caucasian Albanians Towards Independent Statehood. Of The Three Languages, Only A Few Specimens, Mostly In Palimpsests, Have Survived. The Erc-Funded Delicate Project Will Perform A Cross-Language Synthesis Of The Oldest Written Materials Of These Languages To Develop A Novel View Of The Emergence And Spread Of Writing In The Caucasus. The Project Will Apply An Innovative Method Combining Palaeography, Historical Linguistics, Codicology And Philology.
Funded Under
Excellent Science - European Research Council (Erc)
Total Cost
€ 2 499 958,00
Eu Contribution
€ 2 499 958,00
Coordinated By
Universitaet Hamburg
Germany
