Theotokos

Name of structure: Theotokos
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Israel
Region within country or main area: West Bank
City or area within region: Mount Gerizim
Date of structure: After 484, destroyed 754-75
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Scattered tesserae on chancel floor (by Schneider in 1930s, Magen and Talgam, 1990)
Tesserae in gold foil, blues, greens found in the ground during 1945 excavations (Bagatti, 2002).


 
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

See 'Specific place of mosaic'.
Date of mosaic: 5C?
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 5 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1930s: team led by Schneider
1945: team led by Bagatti
1985-88: team led by Magen


 
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Bagatti, B., Ancient Christian Villages of Samaria (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 2002)


Magen Y. & Talgam, R., 'The Church of Mary Theotokos on Mount Gerizim', in Christian Archaeology in the Holy Land. New Discoveries. Essays in Honour of Virgilio C. Corbo, ed by Di Segni & Alliata (Jerusalem, 1990), 333-42.


A. Ovadiah, Corpus of the Byzantine Churches in the Holy Land (Bonn 1970).


Crowfoot, J.W., Early Churches in Palestine (London, 1941).


Schneider, A.M., 'Römische und byzantinische Bauten auf dem Garizim', Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 68 (1946-51), 209-34.


 
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