{"slug":"gh6","id":"georgian:titus:gh6","title":"Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. VI: Antoni I., Martirika","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":0.001051},"source":{"registry_id":"georgian:titus:gh6","work_id":"gh6","edition":"titus","language":"","license":"This text is part of the TITUS edition of Old Georgian Hagiographical Texts, vol. VI. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 18.8.2015. 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/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/gh6/gh6.htm"},"stats":{"passages":1,"english_words":92,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":6,"commentary_kinds":5,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":1,"work_notes":4,"external_links":0,"timeline":6},"summary":{"work":"gh6","abstract":"This volume collects hagiographic texts attributed to Antoni I (1720–1788), Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, and anonymous authors, preserved in the TITUS Old Georgian corpus. The texts include martyr acts (Martyrika) and other hagiographic narratives used in Georgian liturgical practice. The manuscript tradition is complex, with multiple recensions, and the edition reproduces a single witness per text without critical apparatus. The anonymous pieces likely predate Antoni I, but precise dating remains uncertain. The collection reflects the development of local saint cults and the integration of Byzantine hagiographic forms into Georgian Christianity.","historical_context":"The texts in this volume belong to the Georgian hagiographic tradition, which flourished from the early medieval period onward. Antoni I (Catholicos-Patriarch 1744–1755, 1764–1788) was a central figure in the Georgian ecclesiastical and literary revival under King Heraclius II (1762–1798). The anonymous texts likely originate from earlier centuries, possibly the 9th–11th centuries, when Georgian monasticism and translation activity peaked. The collection was transmitted through liturgical manuscripts, including menaia and hymnographic collections, indicating its use in worship. The TITUS edition, based on a single manuscript per text, does not document textual fluidity or scribal interventions, limiting our understanding of the transmission history. The term 'Martyrika' is a Georgian calque of Greek 'Martyrikon', showing Byzantine influence.","significance":"This volume provides insight into the development of Georgian hagiography and its role in shaping local saint cults. It illustrates the adaptation of Byzantine hagiographic genres in the Georgian context and the continued use of these texts in liturgy. The collection also highlights the contributions of Antoni I to Georgian literary and ecclesiastical life during a period of political consolidation and cultural revival under Heraclius II.","timeline":[{"date":"9th–11th c.","event":"Probable period for composition of anonymous hagiographic texts in Georgia."},{"date":"1720","event":"Birth of Antoni I (Anton I), future Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia."},{"date":"1744–1755","event":"First tenure of Antoni I as Catholicos-Patriarch."},{"date":"1762–1798","event":"Reign of King Heraclius II of Kartli-Kakheti, a period of political consolidation and cultural revival."},{"date":"1764–1788","event":"Second tenure of Antoni I as Catholicos-Patriarch."},{"date":"1769/1770","event":"Date 7278 AM (Anno Mundi) mentioned in one text, corresponding to 1769/1770 CE."}],"relations":[{"work":"Georgian Menaion collections","relation":"Several texts in this volume were included in later hymnographic and menaion collections for liturgical use.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Byzantine hagiography","relation":"The term 'Martyrika' is a Georgian calque of Greek 'Martyrikon', showing Byzantine influence on genre and form.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"TITUS Old Georgian corpus","relation":"This volume is part of the TITUS project, which provides digital editions of Old Georgian texts.","key":"ed:gh6","label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. VI: Antoni I., Martirika","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/gh6/gh6.htm"},{"work":"Works of Antoni I","relation":"Antoni I was a prolific author; this volume collects hagiographic texts attributed to him alongside anonymous pieces.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Georgian liturgical manuscripts","relation":"The texts were transmitted through liturgical manuscripts, indicating their use in worship and shaping of local saint cults.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The precise dating of individual anonymous texts is uncertain; they likely predate Antoni I but could be from various centuries.","The edition reproduces a single manuscript witness per text, so textual fluidity and scribal interventions are not documented.","The phrase 'all Upper Georgia' in one text is ambiguous; it may refer to eastern Georgia (Kartli-Kakheti) or a broader ecclesiastical jurisdiction.","The manuscript tradition is complex with multiple recensions, but the edition does not provide critical apparatus or variant readings."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000553,"generated":"2026-11-15T00:17:56Z"},"checks":{"work":"gh6","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":1,"translated":1,"commentary_passages":1,"commentary_units":6,"english_words":92,"source_letters":443,"commentary_kinds":5},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The volume collects hagiographic texts attributed to Antoni I and anonymous authors, preserved in the TITUS Old Georgian corpus. 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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. VI. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 18.8.2015. 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:gh6":{"label":"source edition: Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. VI: Antoni I., Martirika","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/gh6/gh6.htm"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"სადიდებლად ცხოველსმყოფელისა თანაარსისა და განუყოფელისა სამებისა, მამისა და ძისა და სულისა წმიდისა ანტონისგან არხიეპისკოპოსისა ყოვლისა ზემოჲსა საქართველოჲსა, დავითიან-ბაგრატოვანისა ქმნილი წიგნი მარტირიკა შესხმა და ისტორია ქრისტესთჳს ვნებულთა მოწამეთა ქართუელთა და სხუათა დროსა ყოვლად ბრწყინუალისა უკეთილმსახურესისა და უმაღლესისა ირაკლი მეორისა, მეფისა ყოვლისა ზემოჲსა საქარ/თუელოჲსასა. ხოლო მამათმთავრობისა თჳსისა წელსა დასაბამითგან სოფლისა 7278 ჴორციელად შობითგან სიტყჳსა ღმრთისა 1769 თთუესა მეათერთმეტესა, რიცხუსა 19","english":"For the praise of the life-creating consubstantial and indivisible Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, by Anthony, Archbishop of all Upper Georgia, of the David-Bagratid line, composed the book Martyrika, a collection and history of the martyrs who suffered for Christ, Georgians and others, in the time of the all-brilliant, most pious, and most high Heraclius II, King of all Upper Georgia. 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