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Professor Elene Machavariani (B. 8 April, 1931, Tbilisi )Doctor of Art History, Calligrapher, Palaeographer is the Main Researcher of the Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Center of Manuscripts.

Elene Machavariani has been lecturing in higher education institutions. In 2010-14 she acted as a member of the board of the international competition - "Georgian Calligraphy" held at the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts. In order to study the old Georgian alphabet, in 2020 she published the work "Georgian alphabet for children". Elene Machavariani is the author of 3 personal exhibitions. She has been awarded the Korneli Kekelidze Prize by the Georgian Academy of Sciences, has also received awards and numerous honorary diplomas (including foreign ones).

Career
More than 60 years, Elene Machavariani has been studying the painted manuscripts, the genesis and theregularities of the graphical development of the three-shaped Georgian script – Asomtavruli (rounded), Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli.