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No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"},"stats":{"passages":2,"english_words":472,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":12,"commentary_kinds":5,"derived_notes":2,"ambiguities":5,"work_notes":4,"external_links":0,"timeline":3},"summary":{"work":"etlta","abstract":"The anonymous Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws) is a late medieval or early modern Georgian astrological work. It survives in a single manuscript and describes each zodiacal sign with its elemental and planetary properties, temporal divisions, associated crafts, trees, metals, colors, and physiognomic traits. The text uses Arabic loanwords (e.g., 'darajay' for degrees, 'daqiqay' for minutes) and follows Hellenistic and Arabic astrological templates. Its Old Georgian gloss 'lamali' for Aries reflects Arabic 'al-ḥamal'. The treatise likely circulated among learned Georgian clergy or laity, but its broader reception is undocumented. No critical edition exists, and the unique witness limits textual analysis.","historical_context":"The treatise is anonymous and undated, but its language and content point to a late medieval or early modern Georgian context (roughly 15th–18th centuries). Georgia during this period was a crossroads of Christian, Persian, and Arabic influences, with astrological knowledge transmitted through Georgian translations of Arabic and Persian works. The text's use of Arabic loanwords (daraja, daqiqa) and the transliteration 'lamali' for Aries (from Arabic al-ḥamal) indicate reliance on Arabic astrological traditions. The work survives in a single manuscript, making it impossible to reconstruct a stemma or assess scribal variation. No evidence of liturgical or canonical use exists; it likely circulated among learned clergy or laity interested in astrological lore. The edition (TITUS) lacks critical apparatus, so readers cannot verify readings against the manuscript.","significance":"This treatise is a rare witness to the transmission of Arabic astrological knowledge into Georgian Christian culture. Its detailed microcosmic correspondences (crafts, trees, metals) and fixed template for each sign reflect a synthesis of Hellenistic, Arabic, and local traditions. The text provides insight into how Georgian scholars adapted foreign astrological systems, and its unique survival highlights the need for further study of Georgian astrological manuscripts.","timeline":[{"date":"15th–18th c.","event":"Probable composition of the treatise in Georgia, based on language and content."},{"date":"Undated","event":"Single manuscript copied; no further witnesses known."},{"date":"20th–21st c.","event":"Edition published by TITUS project without critical apparatus."}],"relations":[{"work":"Arabic astrological treatises (e.g., by Abu Ma'shar)","relation":"Source of terminology and template for zodiacal descriptions","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Georgian translations of Arabic astronomical works","relation":"Part of the same transmission context","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Hellenistic astrological texts (e.g., Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos)","relation":"Ultimate source of elemental and planetary attributions","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The treatise is undated; the proposed late medieval/early modern range is based on linguistic and content clues, not firm evidence.","Survival in a single manuscript prevents assessment of scribal variation or textual corruption.","The edition lacks critical apparatus, so readings cannot be verified against the manuscript.","The phrase 'cool' for Aries may be a scribal error, but this cannot be confirmed without access to the manuscript."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000393,"generated":"2026-11-15T00:17:40Z"},"checks":{"work":"etlta","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":2,"translated":2,"commentary_passages":2,"commentary_units":12,"english_words":472,"source_letters":1594,"commentary_kinds":5},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The treatise is anonymous and undated; its language and content suggest a late medieval or early modern Georgian context, but no firm evidence for a more precise date has been identified.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work survives in a single manuscript tradition; the edition (TITUS) is based on a unique witness, making it impossible to reconstruct a stemma or assess scribal variation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"No evidence of liturgical or canonical use; the treatise appears to have circulated among learned Georgian clergy or laity interested in astrological lore, but its broader reception is undocumented.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The edition provides no critical apparatus or commentary; readers cannot verify the editor's readings against the manuscript, and the basis for emendations (if any) is not stated.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation was located by an automated check of the source corpus and one library catalogue. That is not evidence that none exists: the check matches English title words, so works catalogued under a Latin or original-language title are missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 2 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"2 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Treatise on Zodiacal Signs and Planets. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 12.12.2008. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder."}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":2},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:etlta":{"label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ეტლთათჳს\n\n1. ვერძი, რომელსა [არაბულად] ჰრქჳან ლამალი სახელითა ღმრთისაჲთა. ვერძისა ბურჯი ცეცხლისაჲ არს და დღისაჲ არს და მჴურვალი და ჴმელი არს. მამალი არს და აღმოსავლეთისაჲ არს და მარიხისა სახლი არს და მზისა შარაფი არს, გრილი არს [და საპა]ტიოდ ნებითა საჯდომი არს, ჴელმწიფეთა და მოლაშქრეთა ბურჯი არს და ოცდაათი დარა[ჯაჲ] არს და თუითო დარაჯაჲ სამოცი დაყიყაჲ არს და რაჲ მზე პირველსა დარაჯასა მოვიდეს, დღე და ღამ... და სამშაბათი დღე მისი არს. * ჴელისუფალთაგან არს მჭედელი და მექონდრაქე (რომლისა თარგმანი არს \"კასაბი\") და მჭედელი რვალისაჲ და ჰაჯამი. და ხეთაგან რაჲცა მაღალია, და რკინაჲ და ტყჳვაჲ მისი არს. და ოდეს მზე ამას ბურჯსა შიგან იყოს, [ადრე] აღმოჰჴდების და გჳანად [ჩ]აჰჴდების. და ფერთაგან თეთრი წითლად გამოსჭჳრდეს, მისი არს. ვინცა ამას ეტლსა ზედა იშვას, კაცი იყოს ყოვლისა საქმისა წინამხედველი, ჴორც-შუენიერი და ტან-წყლიანი, პირ-მხიარული და თუალ-კეკლუცი და პირ-ჭროფლიანი, ანუ პირსა ნიშანი იყოს ყუავილისაჲ *, და თმა-გრუზი და ბელატი, და ყურ-დიდი და თუალ-ჟივჟავი ანუ თუალ-მაჩხი; და წჳვნი წურილნი, და მრავლის მეტყუელი. და წჳვსა ანუ მჴარსა ნიშანი იყოს და კაცი უხჳ იყოს და ტანის სამოსისა კეკლუცისა მოყუარე იყოს და მხიარული და ცოტაჲთა სიტყჳთა ადრე გამწყრალი და ცოტაჲთვე სიტყჳთა ადრე დამშჳდებული.","english":"Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs\n\n1. Aries, which in Arabic they call *Lamali*, by the name of God. The sign of Aries is of fire, and it is of the day, and it is hot and dry. It is masculine and of the east, and it is the house of Mars, and it is the exaltation of the sun, it is cool, and for the sake of honor it is a seat by will, it is the sign of rulers and warriors, and it has thirty *darajay* (degrees), and each *darajay* is sixty *daqiqay* (minutes), and when the sun comes to the first *daraja*, day and night... and Tuesday is its day. From among the craftsmen are the smith and the butcher (whose translation is *kasabi*) and the smith of iron and the *hajami*. And among the trees, whatever is tall, and iron and its ore are its. And when the sun is in this sign, it rises early and sets late. And among the colors, white tinged with red is its. Whoever is born under this sign, the man will be a foreseer of every matter, fair of flesh and moist of body, cheerful of face and bright of eye and with a full face, or on the face there will be a mark of a flower, and curly-haired and *belati*, and large-eared and with sparkling or sharp eyes; and the eyebrows are thin, and he is loquacious. And on the eyebrow or shoulder there will be a mark, and the man will be generous and a lover of fine clothing and cheerful, and quickly angered by few words and quickly calmed by few words.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ლამალი","severity":"info","text":"The Old Georgian gloss 'lamali' for Aries is a transliteration of Arabic 'al-ḥamal' (the ram), reflecting the Arabic astrological tradition transmitted through Georgian intermediaries.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"დარაჯაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'darajay' (degrees) and 'daqiqay' (minutes) are Arabic loanwords (daraja, daqiqa), indicating the text's reliance on Arabic astronomical divisions.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The association of Aries with fire, day, heat, dryness, masculinity, and the east follows standard Hellenistic and Arabic astrological attributions, as does the assignment of Mars as its planetary house.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The list of craftsmen (smith, butcher, iron-smith, hajami) and the tall tree, iron, and ore reflect a microcosmic correspondence between zodiacal signs and earthly professions and materials, common in medieval astrological lore.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage follows a fixed template for each sign: name, elemental and planetary properties, temporal divisions, associated crafts, trees, metals, colors, and physiognomic traits of those born under it.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'cool' (გრილი) for Aries contradicts its fiery nature; this may be a scribal error or a corruption in the Georgian transmission, as the expected attribute would be 'hot'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'day and night...' is incomplete in the Georgian, likely due to a lacuna in the manuscript.","The term 'belati' is obscure; it may be a loanword or a scribal error for a hair type or complexion trait.","The reference to 'by the name of God' after the Arabic name is formulaic and its precise function is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"და მტერთა ზედა გულის ნებასა ეწიფოს. ესე ვერძისა ბურჯი სამ-ნაწილი არს: პირველი ნაწილი მარიხისაჲ არს, მეორე მზისაჲ არს, მესამე მთიებისაჲ არს. ვინცა ათ დარაჯამდის იშვას, მარიხისაჲ არს; ვინცა ოც დარაჯამდის იშვას, მზისაჲ არს, და ვინცა ოცდაათ დარაჯამდის იშვას, მთიებისაჲ არს. თუ [მარიხისა ნაწილსა ზედა შობილ იყოს] მწითური და ძ ს კაცი იყოს [ ] ზაროანი და ამპარტავანი. და თუ მთიებისა ნაწილსა ზედა შობილ იყოს, შაჰვის მოყუარე, დედათ მოყუარე და მგოსანთ მოყუარე იყოს ანუ თჳთ იცოდის მგოსნობაჲ. და მისსა სიცოცხლესა შიგან სამი ფათერაკი შეემთხჳოს: პირველი წყლისაგან, მეორე და[კოდილობისაგან, მესამე] სნეულებისაგან. და ორშაბათი არ აშუნდეს. რაჲცა ჭირი სჭირდეს, უ[ ]ნის თავსა იყოს [ღ]ირსი და ვინცა მეცხრამეტესა დარაჯასა ზედა იშვას, კაცი ბედიანი იყოს. შემდეგ მოხეულია და აკლია ერთი ან ორი სტრიქონია ტექსტი ^ ჩამატებულია ^","english":"and may he attain the desire of his heart over his enemies. This pillar of Aries is of three parts: the first part is of Mars, the second is of the Sun, the third is of the Moon. Whoever is born up to ten *darajis* is of Mars; whoever is born up to twenty *darajis* is of the Sun; and whoever is born up to thirty *darajis* is of the Moon. If [he is born in the part of Mars], he will be ruddy and a strong man, [ ] warlike and proud. And if he is born in the part of the Moon, he will be a lover of chess, a lover of women, and a lover of poets, or he himself will know poetry. And in his lifetime three misfortunes will befall him: the first from water, the second from [fire, the third] from illness. And he should not be sad on Monday. Whatever trouble he has, [ ] on his head [ ] a wolf, and whoever is born in the nineteenth *daraja* will be a fortunate man. Afterwards it is damaged and one or two lines are missing. ^ text added ^","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"დარაჯა (daraja)","severity":"info","text":"The term daraja (Arabic درجة) means 'degree' in astrological context, referring to a unit of the zodiacal circle (30 degrees per sign).","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"მარიხი (Marikh), მთიები (Mtiebi)","severity":"info","text":"Marikh is the Georgian name for the planet Mars (from Arabic المريخ al-Mirrīkh). Mtiebi (literally 'moons') here refers to the Moon, a common Georgian astrological term.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage divides Aries into three decans (10-degree segments), each ruled by a different planet: Mars, Sun, Moon. This is a standard Hellenistic decan system adapted in Georgian astrology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Georgian text is damaged: the editor notes 'afterwards it is damaged and one or two lines are missing' and a later insertion. The bracketed gaps in the English draft reflect lacunae in the manuscript.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"შაჰვი (shahvi)","severity":"info","text":"Shahvi (შაჰვი) is a Georgian term for chess, derived from Persian šāh (king). Its inclusion reflects the cultural influence of Persian board games in medieval Georgian astrology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The advice not to be sad on Monday (Monday being the Moon's day) aligns with lunar astrology common in Byzantine and Islamic traditions, showing the treatise's syncretic character.","cites":[{"key":"ed:etlta","label":"source edition: Treatise About the Zodiacal Signs and The Seven Planets (Etlta da shvidta mnatobtatws)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/etlta/etlta.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'on his head a wolf' is obscure; it may refer to a protective or ominous symbol, but the lacuna prevents certainty.","The reference to 'the nineteenth daraja' is unclear: the text may originally have specified a different degree or a different sign."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]}]}