{"slug":"satbe","id":"georgian:titus:satbe","title":"Codex Satberdiensis","author":"Anonymous","genre":"other","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":"2026-11-15T00:59:38Z","cost_usd":0.003938},"source":{"registry_id":"georgian:titus:satbe","work_id":"satbe","edition":"titus","language":"","license":"This text is part of the TITUS edition of The Shatberd Codex. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 18.11.2023. 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/satberd/satbe.htm"},"stats":{"passages":7,"english_words":1408,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":39,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":5,"ambiguities":13,"work_notes":5,"external_links":1,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"satbe","abstract":"The Codex Satberdiensis is a 10th-century Georgian homiletic and hagiographic compilation preserved in the Satberdi manuscript, a key witness to the Georgian Athonite tradition from Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos. The work mixes liturgical reading with didactic prose and was used in monastic liturgy. Its original composition may predate the manuscript, but no colophon survives. The text is presented without translation or critical apparatus, and its authorship is uncertain, with a scribal note questioning an attribution to Gregory of Nyssa. The work reflects themes of divine law and spiritual inheritance, and references Basil the Great, indicating the high esteem for Cappadocian Fathers in Georgian monastic circles.","historical_context":"The Codex Satberdiensis dates to the 10th century based on palaeographic and codicological evidence, though its original composition may be earlier. It was produced and used at Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos, a center of the Georgian Athonite tradition where monks translated and copied Greek patristic and liturgical texts into Old Georgian. The manuscript contains multiple hands and marginalia, indicating communal use and annotation. The work is a compilation of homiletic and hagiographic material, likely assembled for liturgical reading during feasts such as the Ascension. The text's register mixes liturgical reading with didactic prose, typical of festal homilies. No external colophon survives, and the edition lacks critical apparatus, limiting precise dating. The Georgian text marks an attribution to Gregory of Nyssa with a scribal note, suggesting textual or attributional issues. The reference to Basil the Great as 'father and teacher of all' reflects the high esteem for Cappadocian Fathers in Georgian monastic tradition, where their works were widely copied and translated.","significance":"The Codex Satberdiensis is significant as a witness to the Georgian Athonite tradition and the transmission of Greek patristic literature in Georgian translation. It illustrates how liturgical and hagiographic texts were compiled and used in monastic settings on Mount Athos. The work's uncertain authorship and scribal notes highlight the complexities of textual attribution in medieval manuscripts. It relates to broader traditions of festal homilies and the reception of Cappadocian Fathers in Georgian Christianity.","timeline":[{"date":"4th c.","event":"Life of Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–c. 395), to whom the work is questionably attributed."},{"date":"4th c.","event":"Life of Basil the Great (c. 330–379), referenced in the text as 'father and teacher of all'."},{"date":"10th c.","event":"Production of the Satberdi manuscript (Codex Satberdiensis) at Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos."},{"date":"10th c.","event":"Use of the work in Georgian monastic liturgy at Iviron, as indicated by its inclusion in a liturgical codex."},{"date":"Unknown","event":"Original composition of the homiletic or hagiographic compilation, possibly earlier than the 10th century."}],"relations":[{"work":"Gregory of Nyssa, Homilies","relation":"The work is questionably attributed to Gregory of Nyssa; scribal note indicates possible textual or attributional issue.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Basil the Great, Works","relation":"The text references Basil the Great as 'father and teacher of all', reflecting his high esteem in Georgian monastic tradition.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Georgian Athonite tradition","relation":"The manuscript is a major witness to the Georgian Athonite tradition at Iviron Monastery.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Wisdom of Solomon or Proverbs","relation":"The phrase 'saying of Solomon' alludes to Wisdom literature, a common patristic trope.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Festal homilies on the Ascension","relation":"The mention of the 'feast of the holy and glorious Ascension' situates the discourse within the liturgical calendar as a festal homily.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"Edition of Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm","reason":"Primary source for the work, containing the Old Georgian text without translation or critical apparatus."}],"cautions":["The date of original composition is uncertain; the manuscript is dated to the 10th century on palaeographic and codicological grounds, but the work may be earlier.","Authorship is disputed; the attribution to Gregory of Nyssa is marked with a scribal note indicating a possible issue.","No external colophon survives, limiting precise dating and provenance details.","The edition provides no translation or commentary, and the text is presented without critical apparatus or variant readings.","The term 'co-heirs' is ambiguous and the syntax unclear, possibly indicating a corrupt or elliptical passage."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000593,"generated":"2026-11-15T00:31:17Z"},"checks":{"work":"satbe","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":7,"translated":7,"commentary_passages":7,"commentary_units":39,"english_words":1408,"source_letters":6085,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The text is a homiletic or hagiographic compilation, not a single-author work. 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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: other in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 7 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"5 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 The Shatberd Codex. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 18.11.2023. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder."}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":7},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:satbe":{"label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"Page of sec. ed.: 139 თქუმული წმიდისა და ნეტარისა მამისა [!] ჩუენისა გრიგოლი ნოსელ ებისკოპოსისაჲ კაცისა შესაქმისათჳს, რომელი მიუწერა ძმასა თჳსსა პეტრეს ებისკოპოსსა საბასტიელსა*\n\nუკუეთუ-მცა ჯერ-იყო დიდებაჲ სათნოვების-მომგებელთაჲ პატივითა მონაგებთაჲთა, იპოვნეს-მცა ყოველნი სიქადულნი საფასეთანი უნდო, რაჟამს-მცა შევატყუთ სათნოვებათა შენთა თქუმულისა მისებრ სოლომონ ბრძნისა, რამეთუ უზეშთაეს პატივისა მის საფასეთაჲსა არს მადლი იგი ღირსი, შენდა. და აწ მაწუვეს ჩუენ დღესასწაული. წმიდისა და დიდებულისა აღვსებისაჲ ჩუეულებისაებრ პირველისა მოწყალებასა მეგობრებაჲ შენი და ჩუენ წინა-უყოფთ დიდებულებასა შენსა. ჵ კაცო ღმრთისაო, ძღუენსა კნინსა და ვითარ-იგი შენდა ღირს-არს, ხოლო არა თუ უკნინესსა ძალისა ჩუენისა[სა]. და ესე ძღუენი თქუმულ არს ვითარცა სამოსელი შეურაცხი მოქსოვილი გონებისაგან გლახაკისა შრომითა. და მიზეზსა ამის თქუმულისასა ვჰგონებ თუ მრავალთა აგონონ, ვითარმედ სილაღით იქმნა ჩუენი ესე დაწყებაჲ, რომლისა-იგი არა ღირს-ვიყვენით და თანა-მდებ. ხოლო არა-ვე შორს არს თანა-მდებებისაგან სამართლისა წმიდაჲ ბასილი -- მამაჲ და მოძღუარი ყოველთაჲ -- იგი ხოლო მარტოჲ გამოიკულევს დაბადებულთა შინა ღმრთისათა მართლად დაბადებული მსგავსად ღმრთისა ჭეშმარიტად, რომლისაჲ-იგი სული არს ვითარცა ხატი დამბადებელისა თჳსისაჲ.","english":"Page of sec. ed.: 139 The discourse of the holy and blessed father of ours, Gregory, bishop of Nyssa, concerning the creation of man, which he wrote to his brother Peter, bishop of Sebastia.\n\nIf indeed it were fitting that the glory of those who acquire virtue be honored with the rewards of honor, then all the boasts of price would be found insufficient, when I consider your virtues in the manner of the saying of Solomon the Wise, for above that honor of price is the grace worthy of you. And now we celebrate the feast of the holy and glorious Ascension, according to the custom of the first mercy, your friendship and we place before your glory. O man of God, a small gift and such as is worthy of you, but not less than our power. And this gift is spoken of as a humble garment woven from the intellect of a poor man with labor. And the reason for this discourse I think many will suppose, that this beginning of ours was made with boldness, of which we were not worthy and co-heirs. But not far from the co-heirship of the righteous law is the holy Basil—the father and teacher of all—he alone among the creatures of God is rightly created in the image of God truly, whose soul is as the image of its creator.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"თქუმული წმიდისა და ნეტარისა მამისა [!] ჩუენისა გრიგოლი ნოსელ ებისკოპოსისაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The title attributes the work to Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–c. 395), a Cappadocian Father. 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The phrase 'saying of Solomon' is a common patristic trope.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"დღესასწაული. წმიდისა და დიდებულისა აღვსებისაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of the 'feast of the holy and glorious Ascension' (Ἀνάληψις) situates the discourse within the liturgical calendar, likely as a festal homily. This structural cue marks a shift from epistolary opening to the main theme.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"წმიდაჲ ბასილი -- მამაჲ და მოძღუარი ყოველთაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Basil the Great as 'father and teacher of all' reflects the high esteem for Basil in Georgian monastic tradition, where his works were widely copied and translated.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"თანა-მდებ","severity":"caution","text":"The term 'co-heirs' (თანა-მდებ) is ambiguous: it may refer to spiritual inheritance or to a specific monastic community. The syntax is unclear, and the passage may be corrupt or elliptical.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The scribal note [!] after 'father' may indicate a textual problem or a variant reading in the attribution.","The phrase 'co-heirs of the righteous law' is syntactically unclear; the intended referent (perhaps Basil or the addressee) is uncertain."],"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."}]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"გამოაცხადა მცნებაჲ დაბადებულთა ღმრთისათაჲ დაფარულთაჲ და ყვნა იგინი გამოჩინებულ და გულისხმის-საყოფელ მათთჳს, რომელნი ეძიებდენ მას. Page of sec. ed.: 140 ხოლო ჩუენ დავაკლებთ საკჳრველებათა მისა მიმართ, რომელი ზედა გუედების დიდებულებათაგან და საშინელებათა მისთა. და ჯერ-გჳჩნდა თანა-მდებისაგან სამართლისა, რაჲთა განვასრულოთ ნეშტი იგი პირველისა მის გამოცხადებულისაჲ მოძღურისა მის ბრძნისაჲ შესაქმისათჳს კაცისა. არა თუ დაკლებულად ვხედავთ თქუმულსა ამას მისსა, რომლითა-ესე მონაწილე ვექმნენით თქუმულითა ამით ჩუენითა. ნუ იყოფვინ ესე დიდებულისა მისთჳს პირისა, ვითარ-მცა შეურაცხ-იქმნა გინა ნაკლულევან თქუმულითა ამით ჩუენითა. ხოლო რაჲთა არა ეგონოს ვის-მე, ვითარმედ დიდებაჲ მოძღურისაჲ დაკლებულ არს მოწაფეთა შორის მისთა, და უკუეთუ-მცა ნანდჳლ თქუმული მისი ნაკლულევან იყო, რომელი-იგი თქუა შესაქმისათჳს ექუსთა მათ დღეთაჲსა და არავინ-მცა მოწაფეთა მისთაგანმან იღუაწა განსრულებაჲ ნეშტისაჲ მის, დაშთა გამოუჩინებელად მის მიერ, იყო-მცა ღონჱ და მიზეზი მოძღუარსა ზედა, ოდეს არა ყო მოწაფეთა შორის მისთა ძალი გულისხმის-ყოფად და გამოთქუმად. და ამისთჳს თავს-ვიდვათ კადნიერად, რაჲთა განვასრულოთ დაშთომილი პირველისაჲ მის.","english":"He revealed the hidden commandment of the creatures of God and made them manifest and comprehensible concerning themselves to those who sought Him. But we diminish the wonders toward Him, which are added from the glories and terrors of His. And it became necessary for us, from the justice of the comparison, to complete that remnant of the first revelation of that wise teacher concerning the creation of man. Not that we see this utterance of his as deficient, by which we have become participants through this utterance of ours. Let this not be considered as an insult to that great person, as if it were disparaged or made deficient by this utterance of ours. But lest anyone think that the glory of the teacher is diminished among his disciples, and if indeed his utterance were truly deficient, which he spoke concerning the creation of the six days, and if none of his disciples had obtained the completion of his remnant, which remained unclarified by him, there would be power and cause upon the teacher, when he did not give among his disciples the power to comprehend and express. And for this reason we boldly take it upon ourselves to complete what remained of his first.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"გამოაცხადა მცნებაჲ დაბადებულთა ღმრთისათაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'revealed the hidden commandment of the creatures of God' echoes the idea of divine law inherent in creation, a theme in Gregory of Nyssa's exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ნეშტი","severity":"info","text":"ნეშტი (nešṭi) means 'remnant' or 'remainder', here referring to the unfinished part of the teacher's discourse on creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues Gregory of Nyssa's 'On the Creation of Man', addressed to his brother Peter, bishop of Sebastia, and reflects the Cappadocian tradition of hexaemeral commentary.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage forms a rhetorical apology: the author justifies completing the teacher's work, asserting that the teacher's original utterance is not deficient, but that disciples may now complete it.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"დაშთა გამოუჩინებელად","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'remained unclarified' may imply textual incompleteness in the source or a deliberate lacuna; the Georgian translation may reflect a lost Greek original.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the wise teacher' is not explicitly named in this passage, but context from the previous page identifies him as Gregory of Nyssa.","The phrase 'hidden commandment of the creatures of God' could refer to a specific scriptural law or a broader theological principle."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"და უკუეთუ იპოვოს რაჲმე თქუმულსა ამას ჩუენსა შინა, რომელი ღირდეს თქუმად, ვითარმედ ესე სწავლისაგან მისისა არს, უკუე არს იგი მტკიცჱ მისა. და უკუეთუ არს თქუმული ესე ჩუენი განზრახვათა მისთა წულილადთა, უკუე არს იგი უბრალო, რაჟამს არა იპოვა მოწაფეთა მისთა შორის ძალი მიწდომად. და (ჩუენ) ვიყვნეთ ბრალეულ და აღუვაროთ ნაკლულევანებაჲ ჩუენი მაბრალებელთა ჩუენთა, რაჟამს არა დაიტია გულმან ჩუენმან სიბრძნჱ იგი მოძღურისაჲ. და ჯერ-მიჩნდა, რომელი-ესე ვაზმენით თქუმულისა ამის ჩუენისაჲ არა თუ უნაკლულეს საკჳრველებათა მათ, რომელ არიან დაბადებულთა შორის, არამედ უზეშთაეს და უაღრეს ყოველთა მათ გულისხმის-საყოფელთა, რამეთუ არარაჲ არს არსთა შორის მსგავს ღმრთისა, ვითარ შესაქმჱ კაცისაჲ, და ამისთჳს უფროჲ[ს] ვიყვნეთ შენდობილ სიწმიდის მომპოვნებელთაგან, ვიდრე-ღა არა მსმენელთაგან. და უკუეთუ იპოვოს თქუმული ჩუენი დაკლებულ უფროჲს ჯერისა მის, Page of sec.","english":"And if anything is found in this our discourse that is worthy to be said, as that it is from his teaching, then it is confirmed by him. And if this our discourse is inferior to his intentions, then it is simple, when among his disciples there was no power to attain. And we are guilty and confess our deficiency to those who accuse us, when our mind did not grasp that wisdom of the teacher. And it seems fitting that what we have said of this our discourse is not less than those wonders that are among the creatures, but is above and beyond all those comprehensible things, for there is nothing among beings like unto God, as is the creation of man, and therefore we are more to be forgiven by those who find purity than by those who do not listen. And if our discourse is found to be deficient beyond what is fitting, page of sec.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"და უკუეთუ იპოვოს რაჲმე თქუმულსა ამას ჩუენსა შინა","severity":"info","text":"The author introduces a conditional structure to defend the discourse's authority, linking it to the teacher's teaching.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"მტკიცჱ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'mṭḳic̣e' (confirmed) is a key theological term in Georgian, indicating divine or authoritative validation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"და ჯერ-მიჩნდა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'da ǰer-mičnda' (and it seemed fitting) marks a rhetorical shift, introducing a comparison between the discourse and the wonders of creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"სიწმიდის მომპოვნებელთაგან","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'those who find purity' suggests an ascetic or monastic audience, typical of the Satberdi codex's context.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Page of sec.","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'Page of sec.' is a scribal or editorial note, likely indicating a section break or page reference, but its exact meaning is unclear.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Page of sec.' is ambiguous; it may be a scribal insertion or a page number reference, but its function is uncertain.","The conditional structure 'if ... then' leaves open whether the author claims actual confirmation or merely hypothetical validation."],"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."}]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ed.: 141 რომელი თანა-გუაც, რამეთუ ჯერ-არს გამოძიებაჲ პირველისაჲ მის გარდასრულისაჲ და რომელი-ესე აწ ჰგიეს და რომელი-იგი მერმე ყოფად არს, რაჲთა არარაჲ დაშთეს გამოუძიებელად არსთა შორის, რომელსა ვაზმენით გამოკულევად (!) და მითხრობად საქმენი დამტკიცებულნი კაცთა შორის, არამედ რომელი საგონებელ არს, ვითარმედ გარეშე არს თქუმულსა ამას წიგნთასა, რომელსა-იგი ზედა დაებადა კაცი დასებასა, რომელ-ესე არა ჩანს მას შინა აწ. ხოლო ჩუენ გამოვაცხადოთ წიგნთაგან და რომელი მოვიღოთ საუნჯისაგან გონებისა, რაჲთა შეერთოს თქუმული ესე ჩუენი ყოვლით კერძო შეწევნითა საღმრთოჲსა ძალისაჲთა, რომელმან-იგი მოსცის ძალი ცნობად და სასოვებაჲ მიწდომად მიუწდომელთა და მიუძღჳს მუნ, სადა არა არნ ღონჱ. და ჯერ-მიჩნდა, რაჲთა დავდვა თქუმულთა ამათ ჩუენთა განყოფაჲ სახეთაჲ, რაჲთა იცნობოს მათგან ძალი ყოველთა მათ დაწესებულთაჲ თითოვეულად, მწრაფლ. ა̂ : თავი ა̂ : ბუნებისათჳს ქუეყანისა ერთ ნაწილად და გამოცხადებაჲ წულილადი, რომელნი დაებადნეს უწინარჱს კაცისა. ბ̂ : თავი ბ̂ : რაჲსათჳს დაებადა კაცი უკუანაჲსკნელ ყოველთა დაბადებულთა. გ̂ : თავი გ̂ : რამეთუ ბუნებაჲ კაცისაჲ უპატიოსნჱს არს ყოველთა შორის, რომელნი გამოჩნდეს დაბადებულთაგანნი. დ̂ : თავი დ̂ : რამეთუ შემზადებაჲ [კაცისაჲ] მოასწავებს მთავრობასა ჴელმწიფებისასა ყოვლით კერძო-ვე.","english":"141. Which is the same, for it is necessary to investigate the first of his completed [work] and that which now exists and that which is yet to be, so that nothing among the beings remains uninvestigated, which we call selection and narration of deeds confirmed among men. But that which is conceivable, as being outside this written discourse, upon which man came into being in the act of creation, which is not now visible therein. But we shall reveal from the books and what we take from the treasury of reason, so that this our discourse may be united in every respect with the assistance of divine power, which gives the power to know and the ability to attain the unattainable and leads there where there is no strength. And it seemed fitting to me to set forth a division of the types of these our statements, so that the power of all their established [principles] may be known from them individually, quickly.  \n\nChapter 1: On the nature of the earth as one part and the revelation of the remnants, which came into being before man.  \nChapter 2: Why man came into being last of all created beings.  \nChapter 3: That the nature of man is more honorable among all that have appeared from created beings.  \nChapter 4: That the preparation [of man] indicates the rule of sovereignty in every respect.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"თავი","severity":"info","text":"The passage introduces a four-chapter outline (Chapters 1–4) that structures the subsequent discourse, each chapter heading summarizing a distinct topic.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"გამოძიებაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The Georgian term 'gamodzieba' (investigation) reflects a key methodological claim: the discourse aims to leave nothing among beings unexamined, echoing the Coptic original's emphasis on exhaustive inquiry.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"საღმრთოჲსა ძალისაჲთა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'by divine power' aligns with the work's broader theological framework, where human reasoning is supplemented by divine assistance to grasp transcendent truths, a common motif in late antique Christian Platonism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"Codex Satberdiensis","severity":"info","text":"The Codex Satberdiensis, a Georgian manuscript from the 9th–10th centuries, preserves this text; its chapter divisions reflect later editorial organization for monastic use.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"გამოკულევად","severity":"caution","text":"The reading 'gamok'ulevad' (selection) is uncertain; the manuscript may have a scribal error or variant, as the expected form would be 'gamok'levad' (selection).","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'which is not now visible therein' is ambiguous: it may refer to the act of creation being hidden from current perception, or to a lost portion of the text.","The term 'remnants' (წულილადი) in Chapter 1 is unclear: it could refer to primordial elements or to surviving fragments of earlier creation."],"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."}]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ე̂ : თავი ე̂ : რამეთუ კაცი მსგავს არს მეუფებასა ღმრთეებისასა. ვ̂ : თავი ვ̂ : გამოძიებისათჳს, რომელნი შეარწყუმენ გონებასა ბუნებასა თანა და მას შინა არს და[ჴსნაჲ] თქუმათა მწვალებელთაჲ. ზ̂ : თავი ზ̂ : რაჲსათჳს დაებადა კაცი შიშულად საჭურველთაგან მისთა და სამოსლისაგან ბუნებითისა. ჱ̂ : თავი ჱ̂ : რაჲსათჳს შემზადებაჲ კაცისაჲ მართლ არს განმარტებულ და რამეთუ ჴელნი დაებადნეს საზრახავისათჳს და გამოძიებაჲ განყოფათათჳს სულთაჲსა. თ̂ : თავი თ̂ : რამეთუ გუამი კაცისაჲ დაებადა ჭურად საზრახავისათჳს. Page of sec. ed.: 142 ი̂ : თავი ი̂ : რამეთუ გონებაჲ იქმს საქმეთა თჳსთა საგრძნობელთაგან. ი̂ა : თავი ი̂ა : რამეთუ ბუნებაჲ გონებისაჲ უხილავ არს. ი̂ბ : თავი ი̂ბ : გამოძიებაჲ საუნჯისათჳს გონებისა და სიტყუაჲ ბუნებითი სიცილისათჳს და ტირილისა. ი̂გ : თავი ი̂გ : ძილისათჳს და ფქნარებისა და სიზმართათჳს. ი̂დ : თავი ი̂დ : რამეთუ გონებაჲ არა ერთკერძოსა გუამისასა ჰგიეს და განყოფაჲ აღძრვათაჲ სულიერთა და ჴორციელთაჲ. ი̂ე : თავი ი̂ე : სულისათჳს ჭეშმარიტად სახელ-ედების სული მეტყუელი მართლად, ხოლო სხუანი იგი სახელ-დებულ არიან სულად ზიარებითა ხოლო სახელისაჲთა და რამეთუ ყოველი ძალი გონებისაჲ განფენილ არს ყოველსა შინა გუამსა თითოვეულსა ასოსა მსგავსად ძალისა მათისა.","english":"Chapter 5: That man is like the kingdom of God. Chapter 6: Concerning investigation, which have united the intellect with nature, and therein is the explanation of the sayings of the deceivers. Chapter 7: Why man was created fearful of his own weapons and of the natural garment. Chapter 8: Why the preparation of man is rightly defined, and that the hands were created for the sake of reasoning, and the investigation for the sake of the division of the soul. Chapter 9: That the body of man was created as a vessel for the sake of reasoning. Chapter 10: That the intellect performs its own works from the senses. Chapter 11: That the nature of the intellect is invisible. Chapter 12: Investigation concerning the treasure of the intellect, and the natural word concerning laughter and weeping. Chapter 13: Concerning sleep and dreams and visions. Chapter 14: That the intellect does not reside in a single part of the body, and the division of the movements of the spiritual and the corporeal. Chapter 15: Concerning the soul: truly, the rational soul is rightly named, while the others are named soul only by participation in the name, and that every power of the intellect is diffused throughout the whole body, in each member according to its power.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"თავი","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a sequence of chapter headings (chapters 5–15), each introduced by 'თავი' (chapter). This structural format is typical of the table of contents in the Codex Satberdiensis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"გონებაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'გონებაჲ' (intellect) is a key concept in this text, recurring in chapters 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15. It likely translates the Greek νοῦς, central to the work's philosophical anthropology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"მწვალებელთაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sayings of the deceivers' (chapter 6) may refer to heretical teachings, possibly those of Manichaean or Gnostic groups, which the text seeks to refute through rational investigation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"სიცილისათჳს და ტირილისა","severity":"info","text":"The pairing of laughter and weeping (chapter 12) echoes a topos in early Christian and philosophical literature, e.g., in Evagrius Ponticus or the Apophthegmata Patrum, where these emotions are analyzed as indicators of the soul's state.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"და[ჴსნაჲ]","severity":"caution","text":"The word 'და[ჴსნაჲ]' (explanation) is partially reconstructed in the edition, as indicated by brackets. The original manuscript may be damaged or illegible at this point, affecting the reading of chapter 6's title.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"სულისათჳს","severity":"info","text":"Chapter 15's distinction between the rational soul and other souls named only by participation reflects a Neoplatonic and Christian anthropological framework, likely mediated through Georgian translations of Greek patristic sources.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact referent of 'deceivers' (chapter 6) is unspecified; it may denote specific heretical groups or a generic category.","The reconstruction 'და[ჴსნაჲ]' in chapter 6 is uncertain; the original reading could affect the interpretation of the chapter's subject."],"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":6,"ref":"p6","source":"ი̂ვ : თავი ი̂ვ : გამოძიებისათჳს, რომელი თქუა ღმერთმან: \"ვქმნეთ კაცი ხატად და მსგავსად ჩუენდა\"*. და მას შინა არს ძიებაჲ იგი მსგავსებისათჳს გინა ვითარ ჰგავს ვნებადი იგი, რომელსა არა თანა-აც ვნებაჲ, და მოკუდავი უკუდავსა მას, გინა ვითარ ეგების ყოფად მსგავსთა შორის ღმრთისათა მამალი და დედალი. ი̂ზ : თავი ი̂ზ : რაჲ მიუგოთ, რომელნი იკითხვიდენ განთესულობისათჳს და შობიერებისა, უკუეთუ შემდგომად ცოდვისა იქმნა და უკუეთუ-მცა კაცსა არა ეცოდა, ვინაჲ-მცა იყვნეს სულნი? ი̂ჱ : თავი ი̂ჱ : რამეთუ აღძრვაჲ პირუტყუებრი დამტკეცილი ჩუენ შორის არს მიზეზითა მახლობელობისა ჩუენისაჲთა მათა მიმართ. ი̂თ : თავი ი̂თ : მათთჳს, რომელნი-იგი იტყჳან, ვითარმედ საშუებელნი იგი კეთილნი მერმისანი საჭმელთაგან და სასუმელთა ყოფად არიან, რამეთუ კაცი დასაბამსა ბრძანებულ-იქმნა, რაჲთა ცხოვნდებოდის ამათ ორთაგან. კ̂ : თავი კ̂ : რაჲ არს ცხორებაჲ იგი, რომელ არს სამოთხესა შინა. და რაჲ არს ხჱ იგი, რომლისაგან დაეყენნეს. კ̂ა : თავი კ̂ა : რამეთუ დაჯერებაჲ აღდგომისაჲ მოსალოდებელ არს განმრავლებითა სახეთაჲთა შემდგომითი შემდგომად უფროჲს თქუმულისა მის წიგნთაჲსა. კ̂ბ : თავი კ̂ბ : მათთჳს, რომელნი იკითხვიდენ: უკუეთუ აღდგომაჲ კეთილ არს და ტკბილ, რაჲსათჳს არა აწ-ვე იქმნა, არამედ მოველით მრავალთა ჟამთა შემდგომად? Page of sec.","english":"Chapter 6: Concerning investigation, which God said: \"Let us make man in our image and likeness.\" And therein is the inquiry concerning likeness, or how that which is subject to passion resembles that which is without passion, and the mortal resembles the immortal, or how it is possible for male and female to exist among those who are like God. Chapter 7: What to answer to those who inquire concerning sowing and procreation, whether it came about after sin, and if man had not sinned, whence would souls be? Chapter 8: That the animal-like stirring is established among us by reason of our proximity to them. Chapter 9: Concerning those who say that the good things of the future are to be derived from foods and drinks, because man was commanded at the beginning to live from these two. Chapter 10: What is that life which is in paradise, and what is the tree from which they were set apart. Chapter 11: That belief in the resurrection is to be expected with a multiplicity of forms, following after what is said in the books. Chapter 12: Concerning those who inquire: if the resurrection is good and sweet, why does it not happen now, but we wait for it after many times?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ი̂ვ : თავი ი̂ვ","severity":"info","text":"The chapter numbering in the Georgian text jumps from 5 (previous passage) to 6, then continues through 12, matching the English draft's sequence. The Georgian uses Georgian numerals (ი̂ვ = 6, ი̂ზ = 7, etc.).","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ვქმნეთ კაცი ხატად და მსგავსად ჩუენდა","severity":"info","text":"This is a clear allusion to Genesis 1:26, where God says 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.' The Georgian text explicitly marks it as a divine quotation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"მსგავსება","severity":"info","text":"The term 'likeness' (Georgian: მსგავსება) is central to the theological discussion in Chapter 6, distinguishing between 'image' (ხატ) and 'likeness' (მსგავს), a common patristic distinction.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"გამოძიებისათჳს","severity":"info","text":"The chapter headings reflect a catechetical or apologetic context, addressing questions about creation, sin, procreation, and resurrection, typical of early Christian theological instruction.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Page of sec.","severity":"info","text":"The note 'Page of sec.' at the end of the Georgian text likely indicates a page break or section marker in the manuscript, possibly from the source edition (TITUS).","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Page of sec.","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'Page of sec.' is ambiguous; it may be a scribal or editorial notation, not part of the original text. Its exact meaning is uncertain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Page of sec.' at the end of the Georgian passage is unclear; it may be a manuscript or edition marker, not part of the original text.","The Georgian text does not specify the source of the quotation in Chapter 6; it is attributed to God but not explicitly to Genesis."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"ed.: 143 კ̂გ : თავი კ̂გ : მათთჳს, რომელნი აღიარებენ დაწყებასა სოფლისასა უნებლიაჲთ-ცა, თანა-აც აღსაარებად აღსასრული-ცა მისი. კ̂დ : თავი კ̂დ : სიტყჳს-გებაჲ მათა მიმართ, რომელნი იტყჳან, ვითარმედ: ნივთი დაუსაბამოჲ არს ღმრთისა თანა. კ̂ე : თავი კ̂ე : ვითარ შეიწყნარონ უვარის-მყოფელთა შჯულისათჳს თქუმული წიგნთაჲ აღდგომისათჳს. კ̂ვ : თავი კ̂ვ : რამეთუ აღდგომაჲ არა თუ თანა-მდებ არს. კ̂ზ : თავი კ̂ზ : რამეთუ ეგების, რაჲთა კუალად ეგნენ გუამნი კაცთანი ოთხთა მათგან ნივთთა ქუეყანისათა შემდგომად დაჴსნისა მათისა და განიყვნენ ერთ-სახენი თითოვეულად ნაწილად ყოველთაგან. კ̂ჱ : თავი კ̂ჱ : მათთჳს, რომელნი იტყჳან, ვითარმედ სულნი დაებადნეს უწინარჱს ჴორცთა, გინა თუ ჴორცნი უწინარჱს სულთა. დაჴსნაჲ სიტყჳსა მათისაჲ, რომელნი დაამტკიცებენ, ვითარმედ სულნი დაადგრენ მრავალთა შინა გუამთა. კ̂თ : თავი კ̂თ : გამოძიებაჲ, რომელი მოასწავებს, ვითარმედ სულისა და ჴორცთა ა[რ]სებაჲ შეერთებულ არს. ლ̂ : თავი ლ̂ : სიტყუაჲ მკურნალთაგან, რომელი მოასწავებს ასოთა გუამთა კაცთასა დაბადებასა შინა მათსა და არს იგი სიტყუაჲ მწრაფლი.","english":"Chapter 23: Concerning those who acknowledge the beginning of the world as involuntary, and also deny its end. Chapter 24: A refutation of those who say that matter is co-eternal with God. Chapter 25: How those who are without law may accept the scriptural statement concerning resurrection. Chapter 26: That resurrection is not impossible. Chapter 27: That it is possible for the bodies of men to be again from the four elements of the earth after their dissolution and to become uniform each individually from all parts. Chapter 28: Concerning those who say that souls were created before bodies, or bodies before souls. A refutation of their statement, who affirm that souls dwell in many bodies. Chapter 29: An investigation which shows that the existence of soul and body is united. Chapter 30: A discourse from physicians, which shows the letters of the human body in their formation, and that discourse is brief.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"თავი","severity":"info","text":"The passage lists chapter headings 23–30, each introduced by 'თავի' (chapter). This structural unit organizes the work into discrete topics, following the pattern of earlier chapters.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ნივთი დაუსაბამოჲ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'ნივთი დაუსაბამოჲ' (matter without beginning) corresponds to the concept of co-eternal matter, a key point of contention in early Christian cosmology against Gnostic or Manichaean views.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"აღდგომაჲ","severity":"info","text":"Chapters 25–27 address resurrection, a central Christian doctrine. The argument that resurrection is not impossible (ch. 26) and that bodies can be reconstituted from the four elements (ch. 27) reflects engagement with Greek philosophical materialism.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"სულნი ... ჴორცთა","severity":"info","text":"The debate in ch. 28 over whether souls precede bodies or vice versa, and the refutation of transmigration, indicates a response to Origenist or Platonic theories of pre-existence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"სიტყუაჲ მკურნალთაგან","severity":"info","text":"Chapter 30 cites a 'discourse from physicians' on the formation of the human body, likely drawing on Galenic or Hippocratic embryology, adapted to support a Christian view of bodily unity.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ასოთა გუამთა","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'ასოთა გუამთა' (letters of the body) is obscure; it may refer to elemental components or a metaphor for bodily structure. The reading is tentative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:satbe","label":"source edition: Codex Satberdiensis","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/satberd/satbe.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ასოთა გუამთა' in ch. 30 is ambiguous: it could mean 'letters of the body' (as a metaphor) or 'elements of the body'. The translation adopts 'letters' following the Georgian text, but the sense is uncertain."],"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."}]}]}