The illustration and its accompanying text tells us about the “new work” of contemporary patriarch of Georgia, Ambrosius.
According to the article, Ambrosius compares Jesus to men...
In the text accompanying the caricature, the members of Tartarozi state that they are well aware of the demand on high quality soaps among the women of Georgia. They also acknowledge that...
Text on the top of the illustration - the races
Text under the illustration - at the mule races… at the mule races… go there, our mules!
The man illustrated in the caricature, Grigo...
This fairy tale is about a king’s daughter who, in search of her 7 brothers, sets out on a very strange journey. She is very beautiful, so another ruler promises to marry her. While she i...
After many troubles they reach yet another giant’s castle with a slave woman inside. Irmisa kills the giant and, together with the woman, they continue their adventures. In this illustrat...
This story is about Irmisa, a boy with extraordinary strength who, as a toddler, was brought up by a deer as and later by the king’s son. One day the prince saw a picture of a lady and fe...
This is the second illustration of the Wish-Granting Stone. Here the cat makes a mouse steal the stone from the merchant's nose while he’s asleep. The mouse does it and eventually the cat...
The story is about a boy, whose chicken lays a golden egg and a golden chick is born out of it. He sells the chick and has it fried for a merchant. However, unable to resist, the boy eats...
As the story progresses, Chinchrakvela deceives the king to summon the giant who, upon arrival, eats everyone in the palace. Eventually, Chinchrakvela manages to save the queen and kill ...
The story is about a very clever man, Chinchrakvela, who managed to outwit a giant and a king. One day he and his 8 brothers set on a quest to get married. They managed to find a giant, w...
