Georgian veterinary manuscripts in Georgian and foreign depositories

Abstract

The work deals with the veterinary and zootechnical manuscripts (compilations, writings, karabadins) with the newly found manuscripts and their thematic groupings (those of a horse, a dog, birds treatments) among them; the results of the multidisciplinary research and the peculiarities of the manuscripts. The Georgian veterinary manuscripts attract our interest in many ways: as the ones created in the Georgian tradition and tailored to practical needs; marked with the trends of the common cultural area; as the compositions reflecting on the features of the cultural dialogue, the results of the knowledge transformation, and generally, the particular stages of the history of science. The systematic review, characterization and evaluation of these manuscripts and the written sources in terms of the veterinary history, along with the multidisciplinary study, reveal specifically important material. The article gives the analysis of these very lists.