Sources & image credits

Historical image

Abraham Ortelius, Turcici Imperii descriptio (1570), catalogued as Representation of the Turkish Empire. Qatar National Library, via the World Digital Library / Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress records no known copyright or other restrictions for the World Digital Library collection. The map is used as historical visual context; it is not a map created by Giorgi Kavtaradze, an illustration from his manuscript or a representation of modern boundaries.

Book illustrations

The Georgian and English editions, covers and samples are drawn from the author’s final files. Surviving images have source credits in the book; reconstructions are labelled separately. The Zarzma inscription photograph is by Giorgi Kavtaradze.

Typography

Cormorant Garamond and Manrope for English; Noto Serif Georgian and Noto Sans Georgian for Georgian. All fonts are served locally under the SIL Open Font License; licence files are included in the source package.