Gelati Monastery

Name of structure: Gelati Monastery
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Georgia
Region within country or main area: Imereti
City or area within region: nr Kutaisi
Date of structure: 1106, 1125-30
Century of structure 1: 12 AD
Century of structure 2: 12 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Standing Virgin and Christ child, archangels.
Date of mosaic: 1125-30
Century of mosaic 1: 12 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 12 AD
Silver tessera at site: Yes
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? No
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

16C, 19C
1984-90: team led by K. Bakuradze

Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Khuskivadze, L., The mosaic of Gelati (Tibilisi, 2005).


Bakuradze, K. & Khuskivadze, L., Gelatis Mozaikis Restavratsia [Gelati mosaic restoration] (Scientific series of the G. Chubinakivili Institute of Georgian Art History of the Georgian Academy of Sciences: Tiblisi, 1993).

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