Suure meistri käsi - Konstantine Gamsahhurdia

The novel "The Hand of the Great Master" is considered one of the masterpieces of Georgian prose. It depicts the period that preceded the "golden century" of Georgian history, the so-called Georgian Renaissance (XII century), characterized by the country's exceptionally great military and political power and cultural prosperity.

Treated in the period -- 11th century. at the beginning -- the struggle for the unification of the country, which started at the end of the last century, continues in Georgia, and the first progress can be seen in the field of art, especially architecture.

The plot of the work is based on the construction of the Svetishoveli Cathedral in Mtsheta. King Giorgi, Catholicos Melkhisedek and builder Arsakidze figure in the novel.