Tsromi/Cromi
Name of structure: | Tsromi/Cromi |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Georgia |
Region within country or main area: | Shida Kartli, Khashuri |
City or area within region: | Tsromi/Cromi |
Date of structure: | 626-634 |
Century of structure 1: | 7 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Apse, now in State Museum of Fine Arts of Georgia, Tbilisi. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Christ, scroll, flora, remains of angels. |
Date of mosaic: | 7th century |
Century of mosaic 1: | 7 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 7 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)? | No |
Has analysis been done? | No |
Samples taken from where? | n/a |
Excavation and restoration campaigns: | |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Beridze, Vaxtang, Gaiané Alibegašvili, Aneli Volskaja and Leila Xuskivadze, The Treasures of Georgia, trans. by Bruce Penman (London: Century Publishing Co. Ltd, 1984), p. 41 Khuskivadze, L., The mosaic of Gelati (Tibilisi, 2005). Smirnov, J., Tsromskaya mosaika [Tsromi Mosaic] (Tiflis, 1935). |
URLs: | |
Comments: |