{"slug":"ghqub","id":"georgian:titus:ghqub","title":"Hagiographical texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili","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":0.002876},"source":{"registry_id":"georgian:titus:ghqub","work_id":"ghqub","edition":"titus","language":"","license":"This text is part of the TITUS edition of Hagiographical Texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 4.6.2015. 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/ghqub/ghqub.htm"},"stats":{"passages":5,"english_words":823,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":28,"commentary_kinds":6,"derived_notes":1,"ambiguities":8,"work_notes":4,"external_links":1,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"ghqub","abstract":"This hagiographical text, edited by S. Qubaneishvili and published in the TITUS series, survives in a single Old Georgian manuscript of uncertain date and provenance. The edition lacks a critical apparatus, translation, or commentary, limiting its accessibility. The work likely belongs to the early or high medieval period and centers on the figure of Saint Nino, the legendary fourth-century evangelizer of Georgia. It includes liturgical readings associated with the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, a central site of Georgian Christianity. Nino is portrayed as the 'thirteenth true apostle among the twelve,' a title that elevates her to apostolic rank. The text employs hagiographic conventions, such as addressing potential objections to Nino's gender, and uses symbolic language like 'Samael' for spiritual bondage.","historical_context":"The text is part of the rich Georgian hagiographic tradition, which flourished from the early Christianization of Georgia (traditionally dated to the fourth century) through the medieval period. The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, mentioned in the title, was a major religious center and the site of the 'Living Pillar' miracle, a foundational legend of Georgian Christianity. The work's single Old Georgian manuscript suggests limited circulation, possibly within a monastic or cathedral scriptorium. The dating is uncertain; it may originate from the early medieval period (eighth–tenth centuries) or the high medieval period (eleventh–thirteenth centuries), when Georgian hagiography was particularly productive. The text's language and style reflect the influence of Byzantine hagiographic models, adapted to local Georgian contexts. The edition by Qubaneishvili, part of the TITUS project, aims to make such texts available for scholarly study, though the lack of critical apparatus limits its use for detailed textual analysis.","significance":"This text is significant for the study of Georgian hagiography and the cult of Saint Nino, a central figure in Georgian Christian identity. It illustrates how local traditions adapted apostolic and biblical motifs to elevate Nino's status, including her designation as a 'woman apostle.' The work also provides insight into liturgical practices at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. It relates to other Georgian hagiographical works, such as the 'Life of Nino' and the 'Conversion of Kartli,' and to broader traditions of female apostleship in early Christian literature.","timeline":[{"date":"4th c.","event":"Traditional date of Saint Nino's evangelization of Georgia."},{"date":"4th–5th c.","event":"Construction of the first church at Svetitskhoveli in Mtskheta."},{"date":"8th–10th c.","event":"Possible period of composition of the hagiographical text (early medieval)."},{"date":"11th–13th c.","event":"Alternative period of composition (high medieval)."},{"date":"20th c.","event":"Edition by S. 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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: 5 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"1 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 Hagiographical Texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 4.6.2015. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder."}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":5},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:ghqub":{"label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. 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Hear this wisely, if God wills to make us understand, He who makes the foolish wise. For it is said, as you know, truly and indisputably, that after the passion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and His resurrection and ascension into heaven, by the command of the Lord, the apostles were sent to the ends of the earth, chosen as arrows and as lightning of light, each to a particular place, as the Spirit gave.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"სვეტიცხოველის საკითხავნი","severity":"info","text":"The title 'Readings of Svetitskhoveli' refers to liturgical readings associated with the cathedral of the Living Pillar in Mtskheta, a central site of Georgian Christianity.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. 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However, since she was a woman all-blessed and holy, superior even to women and men and the heavenly powers, for this reason also in later times, when God willed mercy and salvation for our nation, he sent forth a woman as well, as I think, by the request and intercession of the Mother of God together with her Son, inasmuch as she was also a part of the Mother of God; therefore this is all the more a matter for contemplation and is beyond doubt, and this is the one true and undoubted cause.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"აღმოსავალ მზისა სიმართლისა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'East of the Sun of Righteousness' is a Christological title for the Virgin Mary, drawing on the imagery of Christ as the Sun of Righteousness (Mal 4:2 LXX).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage reflects the Georgian tradition that the Virgin Mary desired to evangelize the East but was restrained, and that Nino was sent as her substitute. This motif is unique to Georgian hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/ghqub/ghqub.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This unit contrasts the Virgin's unfulfilled desire with Nino's later mission, establishing a typological parallel: as Mary is the Mother of God, Nino is her 'part' and thus a female apostle to Georgia.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The claim that Nino is 'a part of the Mother of God' (ნაწილიცა იყო დედისა ღმრთისაჲ) is a theological innovation in Georgian hagiography, elevating Nino's status to a quasi-hypostatic connection with Mary.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. 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The translation opts for the former.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Georgian 'ზედაწარმოდგომითა' could mean 'by the intercession' or 'by the representation' of the Son; the reading 'intercession' is adopted here.","The phrase 'ნაწილიცა იყო დედისა ღმრთისაჲ' (she was a part of the Mother of God) is theologically ambiguous: it may imply a mystical participation or a literal descent."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"ხოლო მეორე და უჭეშმარიტესიცა ესე არს: ვინაჲთგან ყოველთა ნათესავთასა უმძჳნვარესნი და უველურესნი იყვნეს ესე ნათესავნი, ამისთჳსცა დედაკაცი წარმოავლინა, რათა უმეტეს საცნაურ იქმნეს ძალი ღმრთეებისა მისისაჲ და არავისი ენაჲ კადნიერ იქმნეს ამაოჲსა მთხზველობისათჳს ცუდისა მეტყუელებად, ვითარმედ სიმჴნემან და სიბრძნით ფილოსოფოსობამან, გინა ენა-რიტორობამან მის ვისმე მამაკაცისამან დააცხრო ბოროტ ბორგნეულებაჲ მათიო, ამისთჳსცა უკუე ლბილითა მით და ნარნარად მდინარითა წყლისა წინააღმდგომთაჲთა, რათა სიტყუაჲ იგი უფლისაჲ მოციქულისა მიმართ თქუმული აქაცა ჭეშმარიტებდეს, ვითარმედ \"ძალი ჩემი უძლურებასა შინა სრულ იქმნებისო\".\n\nდა ესე უკუე ამით უჭეშმარიტეს არს, ვითარცა მეცნიერ ვართ, რომელ ძალსა ღმრთეებისა მისისასა უძლურთა ზედა საცნაურ ჰყოფდა მარადის. ამისთჳსცა უსწავლელნი მეთევზურნი და მდაბიორნი გამოირჩინა და გამოაჩინნა, და მათ მიერ მსგავსად ელვისა ცეცხლ-შემწუელობითთა ისართა ესროდა პირებსა ბრძენთა და ფილოსოფოლთასა და მწყლველ ექმნებოდა გულებსა რიტორთასა, რამეთუ არა ვიდრემე სხჳლ-ბარკალთა მამაკაცთასა სათნო იჩენს ღმერთი სახიერი, არამედ მოშიშთა სახელისა მისისათა, ვითარცა იტყჳს, ვითარმედ: \"ვის მივხედნეო, გარნა მშჳდსა და მდაბალსა და რომელი ძრწოდის სიტყუათაგან ჩემთა\".","english":"The second and truest reason is this: since among all nations these were the most savage and most wild, for this reason a woman was sent forth, so that the power of her divinity might be made more manifest, and so that no one’s tongue might be emboldened to speak vainly of idle fabrication, as if boldness and philosophical wisdom, or the rhetorical eloquence of some man, had quelled their evil savagery. For this reason, then, with that gentle and softly flowing water of the opponents, so that the word of the Lord spoken concerning the Apostle might also be verified here, that “my power is made perfect in weakness.”\n\nAnd this is truest by this, as we know, that the power of her divinity was always made manifest over the weak. For this reason she chose and brought forth unlearned fishermen and humble men, and through them, like fiery lightning-bearing arrows, she shot at the faces of the wise and philosophers and became a tormentor of the hearts of rhetoricians, for the good God does not delight in the vessels of men, but in those who fear his name, as it is said: “To whom shall I look, but to the quiet and humble and to him who trembles at my words.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"მეორე და უჭეშმარიტესიცა ესე არს","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens with a second, 'truest' reason for sending a woman, marking a structural division in the argument.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. 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Psalm 131:2 LXX or similar humility passages), but the exact source is uncertain; the Georgian text presents it as a saying of God.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/ghqub/ghqub.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"უსწავლელნი მეთევზურნი","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'unlearned fishermen' alludes to the apostles, traditionally fishermen, as instruments of divine power, a common hagiographical topos.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. 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But here our word, which through inquiry reveals the truth, stops only thus far, for the mention is concerning a woman.\n\nI consider, however, another inquiry concerning the worthiness of women of honor to be more true; for at the glorious resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, women were deemed worthy of the great honor of the Annunciation.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"მსხუერპლ ღმრთისა არს გული შემუსრვილი და დამდაბლებული, ღმერთმან არა შეურაცხ ყოს","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes Psalm 51:17 (LXX) or a patristic paraphrase, though not a direct citation. The Georgian text presents it as a scriptural maxim on humility as sacrifice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"გედეონ","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Gideon (Judges 7) illustrates divine selection of a small force. The hagiographer uses this Old Testament parallel to justify the choice of a woman apostle to tame savage nations.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/ghqub/ghqub.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"უჭეშმარიტეს","severity":"info","text":"The comparative 'more true' (უჭეშმარიტეს) introduces a second, superior argument for women's honor, contrasting with the preceding narrative. It signals a rhetorical shift in the hagiographer's reasoning.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"და კუალად","severity":"info","text":"The repeated 'and again' (და კუალად) marks a cumulative argument, linking scriptural citation to the Gideon exemplum. This rhetorical device builds toward the climactic reference to the resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ხარებისა","severity":"info","text":"The term 'Annunciation' (ხარებისა) here refers to the women at the resurrection, not the angelic annunciation to Mary. This reflects a Georgian hagiographic tradition emphasizing women's role in the Easter narrative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/ghqub/ghqub.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"უჭეშმარიტეს","severity":"caution","text":"The comparative 'more true' may be ambiguous: it could mean 'truer' in a logical sense or 'more authentic' in a textual sense. The English draft renders it as 'more true', but the Georgian allows both readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'უჭეშმარიტეს' could be read as either a logical or textual comparative; the passage takes it as logical. The identity of the 'women' at the resurrection is not specified—whether disciples or Mary Magdalene and companions."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ამისთჳს უკუე დაიყავნ პირი ბოროტად და ამაოდ დამაკნინებელი ქადაგებისა და მოქცევისა ჩუენისათჳს ბუნებისა მიერ დედობრივისა, არამედ უფოჲსად და უმეტესად ვმოხარულობდეთცა და ვმოქალაქობდეთ მაყუედრებელთა მათ ჩუენთა მიმართ უგუნურების მომზრახთა. ხოლო ვინაჲთგან იძულებით თანა-წარმავლინა ჩუენ ჟამის შესაბამობით მცირედ მოჴსენებითა გამოჩინებად სიტყუასა ნეტარისა დედაკაცისასა, ამიერითგან უკუე ჟამი არს საქმითცა გამოხატვად გა[მო]სახულსა მას და ზოგს-რე ჭეშმარიტების ჩემით საცნაურ ქმნა, მსგავებისაებრ უძლურებისა ჩუენისა, ჵ საყუარელნო! ...","english":"Therefore, let us turn our face away from the evil and vainly belittling preaching and conversion of our nature by the maternal instinct, but rather let us rejoice and dwell all the more with those who are our comforters against the instigators of folly. However, since by necessity I have brought along with us, in accordance with the time, a brief recollection to manifest the word of the blessed woman, from now on it is time to express by deed that example and to make known to you some part of the truth, according to the measure of our weakness, O beloved ones! ...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"დედობრივისა","severity":"info","text":"The Georgian term 'dedobrivisa' (maternal) here modifies 'nature' (bunebisa), likely referring to a natural, instinctive maternal affection. The author contrasts this with the higher spiritual calling.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. 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The bracketed 'mo' is a conjectural restoration by the editor; the original manuscript may be damaged or illegible at this point.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. Qubaneishvili","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/gh/ghqub/ghqub.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'maternal instinct' (bunebisa dedobrivisa) may reflect contemporary debates in Georgian monastic circles about the role of natural affections versus ascetic renunciation, a common theme in hagiography.","cites":[{"key":"ed:ghqub","label":"source edition: Hagiographical texts edited by S. 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