[3] What has survived of this treatise provides a systematic and minutely elucidated picture of the court, administrative machinery and social structure of the medieval Georgian state.
Among the most important chapters are those dealing with court etiquette, including such ceremonies as the order for the coronation service, the king's dressing and robing, the serving of the royal dinner, audiences, and the celebration of major holidays and religious feast days.
The duties and prerogatives of the ministers of state (viziers) are laid down, and the protocol for sessions of the Privy Council (savaziro) is set out.
A chapter on the responsibilities of the amirspasalar (commander-in-chief) and his staff gives technical details on the equipment and armor supplied to the Georgian royal army.
[3] The document was discovered and published by Ekvtime Takaishvili, Institution des cours royales, Tiflis, 1920 (Monumenta Georgica, tom.