Editing Georgian scripts (section)

===Asomtavruli illumination===
In Nuskhuri manuscripts, Asomtavruli are used for titles and [[illuminated capital]]s. The latter were used at the beginnings of paragraphs which started new sections of text. In the early stages of the development of Nuskhuri texts, Asomtavruli letters were not elaborate and were distinguished principally by size and sometimes by being written in [[cinnabar]] ink. Later, from the 10th century, the letters were illuminated. The style of Asomtavruli capitals can be used to identify the era of a text. For example, in the Georgian manuscripts of the [[Byzantine art|Byzantine]] era, when the styles of the [[Byzantine Empire]] influenced [[Kingdom of Georgia]], capitals were illuminated with images of birds and other animals.<ref>ელენე მაჭავარიანი, ენციკლოპედია "ქართული ენა", თბილისი, 2008, გვ. 403–404</ref>

<div class="center">[[File:Asomtavruli letter მ.png|110px]] [[File:Asomtavruli letter თ (t).png|110px]]<br/><small>Decorative Asomtavruli capital letters, [[Mani (letter)|Ⴋ]] (m) and [[Tani (letter)|Ⴇ]] (t), 12–13th century.</small></div>

From the 11th-century "limb-flowery", "limb-arrowy" and "limb-spotty" decorative forms of Asomtavruli are developed. The first two are found in 11th- and 12th-century monuments, whereas the third one is used until the 18th century.<ref>ვ. სილოგავა, ენციკლოპედია "ქართული ენა", თბილისი, 2008, გვ. 269–271</ref><ref>ივ. ჯავახიშვილი, ქართული დამწერლობათა-მცოდნეობა ანუ პალეოგრაფია, თბილისი, 1949, 124–126</ref>

Importance was attached also to the colour of the ink itself.{{sfn|Machavariani|2011| p= 120}}

Asomtavruli letter [[Ⴃ]] (''doni'') is often written with decoration effects of [[fish]] and [[bird]]s.{{sfn|Machavariani|2011| p= 129}}

The "Curly" decorative form of Asomtavruli is also used where the letters are wattled or intermingled on each other, or the smaller letters are written inside other letters. It was mostly used for the headlines of the manuscripts or the books, although there are complete inscriptions which were written in the Asomtavruli "Curly" form only.<ref>ივ. ჯავახიშვილი, ქართული დამწერლობათა-მცოდნეობა ანუ პალეოგრაფია, თბილისი, 1949, 127–128</ref>

<div class="center">{{anchor|Gospel of Matthew}}[[File:Mokvis saxareba - Mates saxareba.png|250px]]<br/><small>The title of [[Gospel of Matthew]] in Asomtavruli "Curly" decorative form.</small></div>