{"slug":"gh3","id":"georgian:titus:gh3","title":"Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","author":"Anonymous","genre":"hagiography","date":"","tradition":"georgian","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","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."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T00:59:32Z","cost_usd":0.000823},"source":{"registry_id":"georgian:titus:gh3","work_id":"gh3","edition":"titus","language":"","license":"This text is part of the TITUS edition of Old Georgian Hagiographical Texts, vol. III. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 27.4.2014. 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/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"},"stats":{"passages":1,"english_words":31,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":5,"commentary_kinds":5,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":1,"work_notes":4,"external_links":1,"timeline":3},"summary":{"work":"gh3","abstract":"This anonymous Old Georgian hagiographic collection, preserved in a single 10th-century manuscript with lacunae and corrections, compiles vitae of ascetics and martyrs. Dated palaeographically and linguistically to the 9th–10th centuries, the texts follow a standard threefold title formula (life, conduct, struggle) derived from Greek models. Several pieces were later incorporated into Georgian synaxaria by the 11th century, indicating liturgical use. The edition does not collate the manuscript against other witnesses, leaving variant readings and stemmatic relationships unexamined.","historical_context":"The collection was produced in the Georgian monastic milieu of the Caucasus, likely in the region of Tao-Klarjeti or the Georgian monasteries of Mount Athos, where Old Georgian hagiography flourished from the 8th to 11th centuries. The language is Old Georgian, and the genre reflects the adaptation of Byzantine hagiographic forms for local saints. The manuscript's survival in a single copy, with marginal corrections, suggests limited but careful transmission within a monastic scriptorium. The inclusion of these texts in later synaxaria points to their integration into the liturgical calendar of the Georgian Church by the 11th century. No colophon or external event provides a precise date, so the 9th–10th century range rests on palaeographic and linguistic evidence.","significance":"This collection is a key witness to the development of Georgian hagiography and its liturgical use, bridging Byzantine literary models and local Caucasian traditions. It preserves texts foundational for Georgian Christian identity, such as the Life of Nino, and illustrates the transmission of hagiographic material from manuscript to synaxarion. The lack of collation with other witnesses, however, limits understanding of its textual history and variant readings.","timeline":[{"date":"9th–10th c.","event":"Old Georgian hagiographic collection compiled (palaeographic and linguistic dating)."},{"date":"10th c.","event":"Earliest possible date of the surviving manuscript copy."},{"date":"11th c.","event":"Several texts from the collection incorporated into Georgian synaxaria, indicating liturgical use."}],"relations":[{"work":"Life of Nino","relation":"Included in the collection; foundational for Georgian Christian identity.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Georgian Synaxarion","relation":"Later incorporated texts from this collection.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Byzantine hagiography","relation":"Models the threefold title formula (βίος, πολιτεία, ἄθλησις).","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"TITUS edition of the collection","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm","reason":"Primary source for the text."}],"cautions":["Date is uncertain; based solely on palaeographic and linguistic grounds, no colophon or external event.","The manuscript is fragmentary with lacunae and marginal corrections, complicating textual reconstruction.","The edition does not collate against other witnesses, so variant readings and stemmatic relationships are unknown."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.00035,"generated":"2026-11-15T00:16:38Z"},"checks":{"work":"gh3","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":1,"translated":1,"commentary_passages":1,"commentary_units":5,"english_words":31,"source_letters":161,"commentary_kinds":5},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Old Georgian text survives in a single manuscript, copied no earlier than the 10th century, with several lacunae and marginal corrections.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The collection is dated to the 9th–10th centuries on palaeographic and linguistic grounds; no external event or colophon provides a precise year.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Several of these hagiographic texts were later incorporated into Georgian synaxaria, indicating liturgical use by the 11th century.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The edition does not collate the manuscript against other known witnesses, so variant readings and stemmatic relationships remain unexamined.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.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: hagiography in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 1 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Old Georgian Hagiographical Texts, vol. III. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 27.4.2014. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder."}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":1},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:gh3":{"label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ცხოვრებაჲ და მოქალაქობაჲ და ღუაწლი წმიდისა და ღირსისა დედისა ჩუენისა ნინოჲსი, რომელმან ქადაგა ქრისტე, ღმერთი ჩუენი, ქუეყანასა ჩრდილოჲსასა და განანათლა ნათესავი ქართველთაჲ\n\nმამაო, გუაკურთხენ!","english":"The life, conduct, and struggle of our holy and venerable mother Nino, who preached Christ, our God, in the northern land and enlightened the nation of the Georgians.\n\nFather, bless us!","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ცხოვრებაჲ და მოქალაქობაჲ და ღუაწლი","severity":"info","text":"The threefold title formula (life, conduct, struggle) is a standard hagiographic opening, modeled on Greek βίος, πολιτεία, and ἄθλησις, common in Georgian vitae of ascetics and martyrs.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ნინოჲ","severity":"info","text":"Nino is the Georgian name for the female apostle and enlightener of Georgia, traditionally identified with the Cappadocian Christian who converted King Mirian III in the early 4th century. The form is a Georgian adaptation of Greek Νίνα.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ქუეყანასა ჩრდილოჲსასა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'northern land' refers to the region of Kartli (Iberia) in the Caucasus, often described in Georgian sources as lying north of the civilized world of the Mediterranean and the Holy Land.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"ნათესავი ქართველთაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'nation of the Georgians' (ქართველთაჲ) reflects the self-designation of the Kartvelian people. The Life of Nino is a foundational text for Georgian Christian identity, widely copied and read in monastic communities.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"მამაო, გუაკურთხენ!","severity":"caution","text":"The closing invocation 'Father, bless us!' is a liturgical formula addressed to a spiritual father or the reader. It may be a scribal addition or a cue for public reading, not part of the original narrative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:gh3","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. III","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/gh/gh3/gh3.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The title's three elements (life, conduct, struggle) may be a later editorial expansion; the exact relationship between this text and the longer Vita Nino cycle is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}