In the 12th century, the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli wrote Vepkhis - tqaosani (Knight in the Panther Skin), a work so influential over the centuries that it has been called the Georgians ’ second Bible.
في القرن الثاني عشر ،‏ دوَّن الشاعر الجورجي شوتا روستافيلي قصيدته الملحمية الفارس في إهاب النمر .‏