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Vita Antonii Ravakha

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Summary

The Vita Antonii Ravakha is an anonymous Old Georgian hagiography preserved in a single manuscript within the TITUS collection. It recounts the life of an otherwise unattested figure, Antonius Ravakha, whose name may be a toponymic or patronymic. The text lacks a critical edition, and its date of composition and copying remain unestablished. The work exhibits a mixed linguistic register, blending hagiographic formulae with colloquial phrasing, possibly indicating oral sources. No evidence of liturgical use or later citation exists, suggesting a limited readership. The protagonist's historicity is speculative, and the manuscript's condition, scribal interventions, and lacunae cannot be assessed from the available edition.

The Vita Antonii Ravakha is significant as a rare witness to an obscure Georgian hagiographic tradition, possibly reflecting local or oral sources. Its mixed linguistic register offers insights into vernacular influences on formal hagiography. However, the lack of corroborating sources and critical edition limits its utility for historical reconstruction. The work relates to broader Georgian hagiographic literature but remains an isolated text.

Historical context

The Vita Antonii Ravakha survives in a single Georgian manuscript of unknown provenance and date, preserved in the TITUS collection. The work's dating relies on unspecified linguistic and palaeographic clues, but no firm century can be assigned. The text belongs to the genre of hagiography, common in medieval Georgian Christianity, which often served to promote local saints and monastic ideals. The mixed register of Old Georgian—alternating formal hagiographic topoi with colloquial language—may reflect oral traditions or a less formal compositional context. The name 'Ravakha' is obscure, and the protagonist is otherwise unattested, leaving the work's historical and religious context uncertain. The manuscript's transmission history is unknown, and no evidence of liturgical use or later citation has been identified, indicating a limited circulation within Georgian Christian literature.

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Annotation and terms

6 commentary units 1 structure1 term1 background1 scripture1 reception1 caution 1 derived notes 2 open questions 1 narrative
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Pipeline notes

  • limitThe 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.
  • registerRegister: hagiography in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 1 narrative.
  • caution1 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note.
  • sourceSource edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Martyrium Antonii Ravachi. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 22.9.2017. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.

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თ̃ა : იანვარსა : ი̃თ : ცხოვრებაჲ : და წამებაჲ : წ̃დისა : ანტონი : რავახისი რ̃ი : იგი : ჰმონებდა : შჯულსა : ისმაიტელთასა : და : მერმე : იქმნა : ქ̃ჱს : მოწამე : კეთილითა : აღსაარებითა : და მართლითა : სარწმუნოებითა : : : კ̃სნ : : : კურთხეულ არს ო̃ი ი̃ჳ ქ̃ჱ ღ̃თი ჩემი რ̃ნ მაუწყა მე გზაჲ იგი ჭეშმარიტებისაჲ წყალობითა თჳსითა : და გამომიყვანა მე წარმართობისა-გან და მიმიძღუა მე ნათელსა მას მეცნიერებისასა : ღ̃თეებითა თჳსითა : და მასწავა მე სამებისა ერთარსებაჲ : რ̃ი იგი მისცემს ნიჭთა [ ] თჳსთა : უშურველად რ̃ნი ეძიებენ მას : დიდებაჲ ქ̃ესა ღ̃თსა ჩემსა რ̃ნ გამომიბრწყინა მე ნათელი ქრისტეანობისაჲ : და მყო მე უარის მყოფელი ესე მორწმუნჱ და მდევნელი ესე თჳსა მოწაფე :
English
January 1. The Life and Martyrdom of the Holy Antonios Ravakha, who was a slave of the law of the Ishmaelites and afterwards became a martyr of Christ with good confession and true faith. Lord, bless. Blessed is the Lord God, my Lord Jesus Christ, who revealed to me the path of truth by His mercy, and led me out of paganism, and guided me to that light of knowledge by His commandments, and taught me the consubstantiality of the Trinity, which bestows His gifts without envy upon those who seek Him. Glory to Christ, my Lord, who caused the light of Christianity to shine upon me, and made me, who was a denier, a believer, and a persecutor, His disciple.
Citation. Tergwame, “Vita Antonii Ravakha”, antra:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/antra#s1
Colophon. Source: titus · licence: This text is part of the TITUS edition of Martyrium Antonii Ravachi. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 22.9.2017. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder. · model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor · provider: Relace · cost: $0.0010 · generated 2026-11-15.