{"slug":"kanon","id":"georgian:titus:kanon","title":"Greater Nomocanon","author":"Anonymous","genre":"canon law","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":"2026-11-15T00:59:34Z","cost_usd":0.002701},"source":{"registry_id":"georgian:titus:kanon","work_id":"kanon","edition":"titus","language":"","license":"This text is part of the TITUS edition of Major Nomocanon. 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.","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"},"stats":{"passages":5,"english_words":801,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":27,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":10,"work_notes":4,"external_links":0,"timeline":4},"summary":{"work":"kanon","abstract":"The Greater Nomocanon is an anonymous Old Georgian compilation of ecclesiastical canons, surviving in a single manuscript. It served as a standard legal reference for the Georgian Church from roughly the 10th–11th century until the 18th century, when later codifications replaced it. The work collects Byzantine canons, patristic rulings, and conciliar decrees, arranged in a fourteen-part structure. Its title distinguishes it from the shorter Lesser Nomocanon. The text is preserved in the Titus edition, which lacks a critical apparatus or collation with Greek sources, making it difficult to assess the translator's handling of the original canons.","historical_context":"The Greater Nomocanon was compiled in Georgia, likely between the 10th and 11th centuries, though no external witness fixes the date more precisely. It belongs to the genre of canon law, a tradition that flourished in the Byzantine and Georgian churches. The work is anonymous, attributed to an unknown compiler who assembled a corpus of ecclesiastical canons for the Georgian Church. The single surviving manuscript, on which the Titus edition is based, indicates limited transmission. The Nomocanon was used as a standard legal reference until the 18th century, when it was superseded by later codifications. Its content draws on Byzantine sources, including the canons of ecumenical councils and patristic authorities such as Basil of Caesarea. The work's fourteen-part division may reflect a structural or symbolic arrangement, but the exact rationale is unclear.","significance":"The Greater Nomocanon is a key witness to the reception of Byzantine canon law in the medieval Georgian Church. It demonstrates how Georgian ecclesiastical authorities adapted and transmitted Byzantine legal traditions, shaping local church governance for centuries. Its survival in a single manuscript highlights the fragility of such texts and the importance of careful textual criticism.","timeline":[{"date":"10th–11th c.","event":"Probable compilation of the Greater Nomocanon in Georgia."},{"date":"10th–18th c.","event":"Use as standard legal reference in the Georgian Church."},{"date":"18th c.","event":"Superseded by later codifications."},{"date":"20th–21st c.","event":"Titus edition published, based on the single surviving manuscript."}],"relations":[{"work":"Lesser Nomocanon","relation":"Shorter companion collection in Georgian canon law","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Byzantine Nomocanon","relation":"Source of canons and structure","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Canonical letters of Basil of Caesarea","relation":"Incorporated into the compilation","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["Dating is uncertain; the work is attributed to the 10th–11th century but no external witness fixes the date more precisely.","The work is anonymous; the compiler is unknown.","The single surviving manuscript limits textual verification.","The Titus edition lacks a critical apparatus or collation with Greek sources, so the translator's handling of the original canons cannot be verified."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000369,"generated":"2026-11-15T00:25:51Z"},"checks":{"work":"kanon","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":5,"translated":5,"commentary_passages":5,"commentary_units":27,"english_words":801,"source_letters":3898,"commentary_kinds":8},"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 (Titus edition base). Its title 'Greater Nomocanon' distinguishes it from the shorter 'Lesser Nomocanon' also circulating in Georgia.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Dating is uncertain; the work is attributed to the anonymous compiler of the Georgian canon-law corpus, likely 10th–11th century. No external witness fixes the date more precisely.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon","label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Greater Nomocanon was used as a standard legal reference in the Georgian Church until the 18th century, when it was superseded by later codifications.","cites":[{"key":"hollis:alma99158275520303941","label":"Dumbarton Oaks papers, number seven-eight, 2024","url":"https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99158275520303941"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Titus edition does not include a critical apparatus or collation with Greek sources. Readers cannot verify the Georgian translator's handling of the original Byzantine canons.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.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: canon law 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":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Major Nomocanon. 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":5},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:kanon":{"label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"},"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon":{"label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"},"hollis:alma99158275520303941":{"label":"Dumbarton Oaks papers, number seven-eight, 2024","url":"https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99158275520303941"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"შეკრებაჲ კანონთა საეკლესიოთაჲ განყოფილი ათოთხმეტ ნაწილად დიდისა ღმრთისა და მაცხოვრისა ჩუენისა იესუ ქრისტეს მოწაფენი და მოციქულნი და მათ თანა შემდგომად მათსა და მსგავსადვე მათსა წმიდისა ეკლესიისა მისისა მღდელთმთავარნი და მოძღუარნი წარმართთა და ჰურიათაგან შეკრებულისა და საეშმაკოჲსა მძლავრებისა და საცთურისაგან განთავისუფლებულისა და მართლითა გონებითა და სარწმუნოებითა მეუფისა მიმართ დიდებისა და უფლისა ყოველთაჲსა მილტოლვილისა სიმრავლისა ღირსებით მწყემსად დაიდგინნეს რაჲ მადლისა მიერ, არა სამართალ ჰგონეს მათ, რაჲთამცა მსგავსად სამოქალაქოთა სჯულთაჲსა გუემით სტანჯვიდეს შეცოდებულთა, რამეთუ ყოვლითურთ სასულელედ და ფრიად უჯეროდ შეერაცხა მათ ამისი ქმნაჲ, არამედ უფროჲსღა მათ თანა ვნებად მზა იყვნეს, რომელნი-იგი პირველისავე ცთომისა მიმართ კუალადქცეულთა ვიდრემე მოქცევად მოსწრაფე იკვნეს. ხოლო ჯერეთ ცთომასავე შინა მყოფთა და მართლისა გზისაგან მიდრეკილთა მიმართ. ვითარცა მწყემსნი კეთილნი, გულსმოდგინებით მიიხილვიდეს და პირველვე სადმე მთხრებლად შთაბნეულთა მათ აღმოყვანებასა ყოვლითა მოსწრაფებითა იღუწიდეს.","english":"Collection of Ecclesiastical Canons Divided into Fourteen Parts of the Great God and Our Savior Jesus Christ, the Disciples and Apostles, and after them, in their likeness, the Holy Priests and Teachers of His Church, gathered from the Gentiles and Jews, and freed from the power of the devil and from deception, and with right reason and faith toward the Lord of all glory and the merciful Lord of all, they were appointed as shepherds by grace, not deeming it just that, like the civil laws, the sinners should be punished by beating, for they considered this entirely foolish and utterly improper, but rather they were ready to suffer with them, those who, after the first fall, were eager to return to conversion, while toward those still in error and turned away from the right path, like good shepherds, they diligently watched over them and, with all haste, labored to raise up those who had fallen into the pit.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"შეკრებაჲ კანონთა საეკლესიოთაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The opening phrase identifies the work as a collection of ecclesiastical canons, establishing its genre and purpose.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater 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დაჴსნილებასა მათსა მარტივთა რათმე წამალთა და სიტყჳერთა საკრველთა მიერ შეჰკრვიდეს და შეამტკიცებდეს და ესრეთ მადლითა და თანამოქმედებითა სულისაჲთა პირველისა მის სიმრთელისა მიმართ კუალად-აგებდეს მოუძლურებულთა მათ. ხოლო რაჲთა შემდგომთაცა და მონაცვალეთა მათთა უვნებელად დაიცვნენ სულნი მათდა რწმუნებულთა კაცთანი, თითოეულნი მათნი თჳსთა ჟამთა ერთად შემოკრბეს სამგზის ნეტარნი / საღმრთოჲსა მადლისა ესრეთ განმგებელობითა და თითოეულისა კრებისა ძლად შემომკრბელობითა მათითა და სჯულნი რაჲმე და კანონნი არა სამოქალაქონი, არამედ საღმრთონი საქმრად ჯეროვანთა და არა ჯეროვანთა წესთათჳს დასხნეს კაცად-კაცადისა ცხორებისა და სახისა განმამართებელნი. რომელნი სამეუფოჲსა უკუე გზისა მავალთა დაამტკიცებენ, ხოლო ვინაჲ კერძოვე მისგან მიდრეკითა შეცთომილთა შემრისხველ ექმნებიან. ესრეთ უკუე ვინაჲთგან ძუელ სადმე ჟამად-ჟამად თითოეულთა პირთა მიერ თითოსახეთა საქმეთადა შესატყჳსნი სჯულნი და კანონნი საეკლესიონი დაისხნეს, რამეთუ შემდგომად წმიდათა მოციქულთასა ათნი იქმნნეს დიდნი კრებანი მამათანი. ამათ თანა კუალად დიდმანცა ბასილი მრავალთა საქმეთათჳს დასხნა კანონნი.","english":"Now, these collected and divinely established laws, with the sword of the spirit, are to be purified with all wisdom and skill, and their simplicity, ruin and dissolution are to be bound and strengthened by certain medicines and verbal bonds, and thus, by grace and co-operation of the spirit, they are to be restored to their former integrity, the weakened ones. And so that their successors and vicars may preserve unharmed the souls of the men entrusted to them, each of them in their own times gathered together the thrice-blessed ones / by such dispensation of divine grace and by the strong gathering of each council, and they established certain laws and canons, not civil but divine, for the regulation of proper and improper orders, for each man's life and form, which confirm those who walk the royal path, while for those who deviate from it by inclination, they become correctors. Thus, from ancient times, from time to time, by individual persons, for various matters, appropriate ecclesiastical laws and canons were established, for after the holy apostles, ten great councils of fathers were held. Along with these, the great Basil also established canons concerning many matters.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"წყლულებისა მახჳლითა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sword of the spirit' (წყლულებისა მახჳლითა) is a metaphor for spiritual authority or discipline, echoing Pauline language (cf. Eph 6:17) but adapted to canon law context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ათნი იქმნნეს დიდნი კრებანი","severity":"info","text":"Reference to 'ten great councils' (ათნი იქმნნეს დიდნი კრებანი) reflects the traditional enumeration of ecumenical councils in Eastern Christianity, though the number varies; here it likely includes the first seven ecumenical councils plus three local councils recognized as authoritative.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon","label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"დიდმანცა ბასილი","severity":"info","text":"The mention of 'great Basil' (დიდმანცა ბასილი) refers to Basil of Caesarea, whose canonical letters (e.g., to Amphilochius) were incorporated into the Nomocanon. This underscores the compilation's reliance on patristic authority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"},{"key":"hollis:alma99158275520303941","label":"Dumbarton Oaks papers, number seven-eight, 2024","url":"https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99158275520303941"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"სჯულნი და კანონნი","severity":"info","text":"The distinction between 'laws and canons' (სჯულნი და კანონნი) and their characterization as 'not civil but divine' (არა სამოქალაქონი, არამედ საღმრთონი) establishes the Nomocanon's bipartite structure: ecclesiastical canons (from councils and fathers) versus secular laws, here subordinated.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ესრეთ უკუე ვინაჲთგან","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'from ancient times, from time to time, by individual persons' (ესრეთ უკუე ვინაჲთგან) is vague and may reflect the compiler's attempt to legitimize diverse sources; the exact historical referents are unclear.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'thrice-blessed ones' (სამგზის ნეტარნი) is ambiguous; possibly a reference to the Cappadocian Fathers or a specific group of bishops.","The phrase 'certain medicines and verbal bonds' (წამალთა და სიტყჳერთა საკრველთა) is metaphorical and its precise referent (e.g., liturgical formulas, doctrinal definitions) is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"ამისთჳს მიმოდაბნეულად, ვითარცა ჟამად-ჟამად გამოჩინებულებაჲ მათი პირ-სცემდა და არა წესითა რაჲთმე შეწყობისაჲთა, ვითარცა თავთა შინა განყოფილად და პირთაებრ საქმისა მათისათა დაწყობილად აღიწერნეს მათ მიერ კანონნი. ვიდრემდის ძნიად საპოვნელ და შრომით მისამთხუეველ იყო ამის* გამომეძიებელისათჳს მსწრაფლ პოვნაჲ რომელთაცა კანონთაჲ, ამის უკუე მიზეზისათჳს მადლითა უფლისა და ღმრთისა და მაცხოვრისა ჩუენისა იესუ ქრისტესითა თითოეულსა ჟამსა შინა მიმოდაბნეულად განსაზღვრებულთა მათ მიერ ერთად შემოკრებასა მოსწრაფე ვართ ჩუენ და ამათ განვჰყოფთ ათოთხმეტ ნაწილად. ხოლო არა წესსა რასმე და შემდგომობასა რიცხჳსასა დავიცავთ და პირველსა და მეორესა, ვითარ ვინ ჰგონოს, და მესამესა და მეოთხესა და კუალად მეხუთესა კანონსა ურთიერთას შეუდგენთ, არამედ მსგავსთა მსგავსთა მათ თანა შევაერთებთ და ვითარ ჯერ-იყოს, შევაწყობთ და სწორთა მათთა და მისვე პირისათჳს ადწერილთა თავთა თანა შევათხზავთ, რომლითა ადვილ და უჭირველ-ვჰყოფთ, ვითარ-მე ვჰგონებ, ყოველთათჳს პოვნასა საძიებელისა მათისასა. გარნა არა პირველად და მარტოთა ჴელ-გჳ/ყოფიეს","english":"For this reason, they were scattered, as from time to time their appearance gave occasion, and not according to any order of composition, but as divided into chapters and arranged according to the persons and their subject matter, the canons were written by them. Until it became difficult to find and laborious to search out for the investigator of these canons to quickly find them. For this reason, by the grace of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, we have hastened to gather together into one collection those which were determined by them in a scattered manner at each time, and we divide these into fourteen parts. But we do not observe any order or sequence of number, and we do not join the first and second, as one might think, and the third and fourth, and again the fifth canon together with each other; rather, we unite like with like, and as is fitting, we compose and join them together with their corresponding chapters written concerning the same person, so that we make easy and effortless, as I think, the finding of what is sought for all. But not first and alone have we accomplished this.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ათოთხმეტ ნაწილად","severity":"info","text":"The compiler divides the canons into fourteen parts, a structural choice that is not chronological or numerical but thematic, grouping like with like.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"მიმოდაბნეულად","severity":"info","text":"The adverb 'scattered' describes the original state of the canons, emphasizing the need for the compiler's reorganization.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ჴელ-გჳ/ყოფიეს","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'we have accomplished' (or 'we have done') signals the compiler's claim to have completed the work, though the text breaks off mid-word, suggesting a possible lacuna or scribal interruption.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon","label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ჴელ-გჳ/ყოფიეს","severity":"caution","text":"The final word is truncated (ჴელ-გჳ/ყოფიες), likely a scribal break or damage; the intended verb may be 'we have done' or 'we have set hand to'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"თითოეულსა ჟამსა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'at each time' echoes the earlier 'from time to time' (ჟამად-ჟამად), reinforcing the ad hoc nature of the original canon collection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The final word is incomplete; the intended verb may be 'we have done' or 'we have set hand to'.","The phrase 'not first and alone' (არა პირველად და მარტოთა) could mean the compiler is not the first to attempt this, or that he did not do it alone."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ჩუენ ამისი ქმნაჲ, არამედ სხუანი ვინმე გჳპოვნიან, რომელთა განეყვნეს ესენი სამეოც ნაწილად და არცა დიდისა ბასილის კანონნი სხუათა თანა შეეყვნეს, არცა მსგავსნი საქმენი, ვითარ-იგი ჯერ-იყო, მსგავსთა მათთადა თანა-შეეტყუნეს, ვითარესე აწ ნაწილთა შინა ერთისა თავისათჳს მრავალნი კანონნი იპოებიან და უფროჲს დამამტკიცებელ იქმნების ერთისა პირისა მრავალთამიერი იგი განკანონებულობაჲ, ვინაჲცა ჩუენ უცხადესობისათჳს ამისისა ურთიერთას დასხმისა თანა მსგავსთაჲსა განყოფილებასაცა კანონთაჲსა ქმნაჲ ვისწრაფეთ და რაჲთა თითოეულისა მათისა და ქონებულსა ძალსა ზედა წარწერილი ნაწილთაჲ ყოვლად კეთილად განაცხადებდეს. ხოლო განწყობილი კრებათაჲ -- შემდგომად წმიდათა მოციქულთასა და თუ რაოდენნი კანონნი დაუსხმან თითოეულსა მათგანსა ანუ თუ რაოდენნი აღუწერიან დიდსა ბასილის, წინამდებარეთა ამათ მიერ უშრომელად განეცხადების ყოველსა მეძიებელსა, ვინაჲთგან ყოვლად ადვილ ქმნილ არს ესე და ნათელ და არა უჩინო, არამედ ფრიად კეთილად განსახილველ არს მათთჳს, რომელთა ენებოს გამოძიებაჲ მათი. აწ უკუე უფლისა მოწაფეთა და მოციქულთა ოთხმეოცდახუთნი კანონნი აღწერნეს კლიმენტოჲს მიერ. ხოლო შემდგომად მათსა თითოეულსა ჟამსა ქმნილთა კრებათა, ვითარცა აქა მოჴსენებულ არიან:","english":"We did not compose this, but others have been found who divided these into sixty parts. Neither the canons of Basil the Great were joined with others, nor were similar matters, as was fitting, combined with their like, as now in the parts many canons are found concerning one subject, and the multiple legislation of one person becomes more confirmatory, because for the sake of greater clarity of this mutual arrangement of like matters we strove to make a division of the canons, so that the inscribed parts concerning each of them and the force they possess might declare everything well. And the arrangement of the councils—after that of the holy apostles—and how many canons are assigned to each of them, or how many are ascribed to Basil the Great, will be revealed without labor by these preceding matters to every inquirer, since this is made very easy and clear and not obscure, but is very well examinable for those who wish to investigate them. Now then, the disciples of the Lord and the apostles wrote forty-five canons through Clement. And after them, the councils held at each time, as are mentioned here:","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"სამეოც ნაწილად","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'into sixty parts' refers to a division of the canonical corpus, possibly a lost Georgian or Greek arrangement, not otherwise attested in the dossier.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon","label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"დიდსა ბასილის","severity":"info","text":"Basil the Great (c. 330–379) authored canonical letters and ascetic rules; his canons were often appended to conciliar collections in Eastern canon law.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ოთხმეოცდახუთნი კანონნი","severity":"info","text":"The 'forty-five canons' attributed to the apostles through Clement likely refer to the Apostolic Canons (Canones Apostolorum), a standard component of early nomocanons.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon","label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"კლიმენტოჲს მიერ","severity":"info","text":"Clement (traditionally Clement of Rome) is named as the scribe of the apostolic canons, a common pseudepigraphic attribution in Eastern canonical collections.","cites":[{"key":"hollis:alma99158275520303941","label":"Dumbarton Oaks papers, number seven-eight, 2024","url":"https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99158275520303941"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"უცხადესობისათჳს","severity":"info","text":"The editor claims to have rearranged the canons for clarity, reflecting a redactional concern typical of later Georgian nomocanon compilers.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon","label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'others' who divided the canons into sixty parts is unspecified; the text may refer to a prior Greek or Syriac source.","The phrase 'forty-five canons' may be a textual variant; some traditions count forty-four or fifty apostolic canons."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ა^ (1) . პირველად სამას ათრვამეტთა ნიკიას შეკრებულთა წმიდათა მამათა დიდისა კოსტანტინეს ზე, ჳპატოსობასა პავლინე და იულიანე უფროჲსად ბრწყინვალეთაჲსა, ალექსანდრესითგან წელთა ექუსას ოთხმეოცდაათთა, თთუესა დესიონსა ათცხრამეტსა, უწინარეს ათცამეტთა კალანდათა ივლისისათა, კანონნი რიცხვთ კ^ (20) .","english":"First, the three hundred and eighteen holy fathers gathered at Nicaea under the great Constantine, in the consulship of Paulinus and Julian, the most illustrious, in the year six hundred and thirty-six from Alexander, on the nineteenth day of the month of Desius, before the thirteenth of the Kalends of July, canons numbering twenty.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ჳპატოსობასა","severity":"info","text":"The consular date (Paulinus and Julian) corresponds to 325 CE, the traditional year of the First Council of Nicaea.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ექუსას ოთხმეოცდაათთა","severity":"info","text":"The year 636 from Alexander (the Alexandrian era) is equivalent to 325 CE, consistent with the consular date.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"თთუესა დესიონსა","severity":"info","text":"Desius is a Macedonian month name; the 19th of Desius corresponds to June 19 in the Julian calendar, aligning with the traditional dating of the council.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"უწინარეს ათცამეტთა კალანდათა ივლისისათა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'before the 13th Kalends of July' (June 19) is a Roman dating formula, reflecting the bilingual (Greek-Latin) administrative context of the early church.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"კანონნი რიცხვთ კ^ (20)","severity":"info","text":"The note that the canons number twenty reflects the standard collection of twenty canons attributed to Nicaea I, though later tradition sometimes counted differently.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon","label":"gap dossier: The Old Gloss on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-old-gloss-nomocanon"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ჳპატოსობასა პავლინე და იულიანე","severity":"caution","text":"The consular names Paulinus and Julian are not the standard pair for 325 (which were Paulinus and Proculus); this may reflect a scribal error or variant tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:kanon","label":"source edition: Greater Nomocanon","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/sjulisk/kanoni/kanon.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The consular names Paulinus and Julian differ from the standard 325 consuls (Paulinus and Proculus); the reading follows the Georgian text as given.","The year 636 from Alexander is ambiguous as to which era (Alexandrian or Antiochene) is intended; the context supports the Alexandrian era."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}