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Gelati Bible

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Summary

The Gelati Bible is a 12th-century Georgian manuscript produced at the Gelati Monastery during the reign of King David IV of Georgia (1089–1125). It is a key witness to the Georgian biblical tradition, with some books showing influence from the Old Georgian version. The manuscript was used in Georgian liturgical practice and later served as a source for printed Georgian Bibles, influencing subsequent manuscript traditions in the Caucasus. The edition is based on a single TITUS transcription, which may contain scribal errors or lacunae, and lacks a critical apparatus or full paleographic description. The text reflects the Old Georgian translation from the Greek Septuagint, with Latin headings indicating Western influence.

The Gelati Bible is a crucial witness to the Georgian biblical tradition, preserving the Old Georgian translation from the Greek Septuagint. Its production at the Gelati Monastery during the Georgian Golden Age highlights the cultural and religious flourishing of the period. The manuscript's influence on later printed Georgian Bibles and its reflection of Western liturgical contacts make it important for understanding medieval Georgian Christianity and its connections with the broader Christian world.

Historical context

The Gelati Bible was produced in the early 12th century at the Gelati Monastery in Georgia, a major cultural and religious center during the reign of King David IV (1089–1125). This period, known as the Georgian Golden Age, saw a flourishing of literature, art, and monasticism. The manuscript is a witness to the Georgian biblical tradition, which originated from translations of the Greek Septuagint, likely made in the early Christian centuries. The Gelati Bible's text shows influence from the Old Georgian version, with some books preserving archaic readings. The colophon provides a terminus ante quem of the early 12th century. The manuscript was used in Georgian liturgical practice and later served as a source for printed Georgian Bibles, influencing subsequent manuscript traditions in the Caucasus. Its Latin headings reflect contact with Western liturgical practices, possibly through Crusader or Byzantine intermediaries.

Apparatus · what the pipeline recorded

Annotation and terms

36 commentary units 8 structure8 term6 background4 transmission4 scripture3 caution3 sense 9 derived notes 11 open questions 9 narrative
What the kinds mean

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: bible in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 9 narrative.
  • caution9 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 Vetus testamentum iberice, redactio Gelatica. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 19.11.2023. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.

Term index

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no glossary terms recorded
gelat:1 · narrativehigh
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[Book: Lev.]
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[Book: Lev.]
gelat:2 · narrativehigh
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[წიგნი ლევიტელთაჲ]
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[Book of Leviticus]
gelat:3 · narrativehigh
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[Chapter: 1] თავი I
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Chapter 1
gelat:4 · narrativehigh
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[Verse: 3] უკუეთუ ყოვლად დასაწუველი იყოს ძღუენი მისი ზროხათაგან, ზუარაკი უბიწოჲ მოიბას იგი, კართა თანა კარვისა საწამებლისათა მოიყვანოს იგი მითუალულად წინაშე უფლისა.
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If the feast of his remembrance from the thoughts is to be entirely concluded, he shall bring the immaculate lamb, and he shall bring it together with the doors of the tabernacle of testimony before the Lord.
gelat:5 · narrativemedium
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[Verse: 4] და დასდვას ჴელი თავსა ზედა მისსა, ნაყოფისასა, მითუალულად მისსა ლხინების-ყოფად მისთჳს.
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And he shall place his hand upon its head, upon the fruit-bearing one, solely for the purpose of making rejoicing for it.
gelat:6 · narrativehigh
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[Verse: 5] და დაკლან ზუარაკი წინაშე უფლისა და მოიღონ ძეთა აარონისთა მღდელთა სისხლი და მოღუარონ სისხლი საკურთხეველსა ზედა გარემო კართა თანა კარვისა საწამებლისათა.
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And they shall slaughter the ram before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall take the blood and pour the blood upon the altar around the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
gelat:7 · narrativemedium
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[Verse: 6] და ტყავისა განმჴდელთა ყოვლად დასაწუველისათა ასოეულ-ყონ იგი ასოეულად.
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And the tanners of the hides of the wholly burnt offerings shall make it into a single piece.
gelat:8 · narrativehigh
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[Verse: 7] და დადვან ძეთა აჰრონისათა მღდელთა ცეცხლი საკურთხეველსა ზედა და დააწყვნენ შეშანი ცეცხლსა ზედა.
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And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall place fire upon the altar and arrange the wood upon the fire.
gelat:9 · narrativehigh
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[Verse: 8] და დასხნენ ძეთა აჰრონისათა მღდელთა ორგანკუეთილებანი იგი და თავი და ცრემლი შეშათა ზედა ცეცხლისზედათა საკურთხეველ[სა ზედა].
English
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, placed the two-rib sections and the head and the fat upon the wood on the fire upon the altar.
Citation. Tergwame, “Gelati Bible”, gelat:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/gelat#s1
Colophon. Source: titus · licence: This text is part of the TITUS edition of Vetus testamentum iberice, redactio Gelatica. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 19.11.2023. 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: $0.0028 · generated 2026-11-14.