Chronicle of Georgia: Inscribed Pillar Near the Gallery

Inscribed Pillar Near the Gallery. Medieval Georgian scholars translated philosophy and theology from Greek, building a written culture that the Chronicle celebrates in stone. Lines of carved text cover this part of the pillar, like a page from a book in stone. Queen Ketevan the Martyr, who refused to abandon her faith in Persian captivity in 1624, is honoured by the Georgian Church as a saint.