Vatopedi
Name of structure: | Vatopedi |
Extended name of structure: | Monastery of Vatopedi |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Greece |
Region within country or main area: | Athos |
City or area within region: | Athos |
Date of structure: | 10C, 13C |
Century of structure 1: | 10 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 13 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Katholikon, exterior and interior. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Exterior above main door: Deesis; Annunciation panels on either side of main entrance into katholikon (Virgin on the right, Gabriel on the left). |
Date of mosaic: | 11C, 12C, 14C |
Century of mosaic 1: | 11 AD |
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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 |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Fathers of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi (eds.), Great Monastery of Vatopaidi. Tradition - History - Art (Mount Athos, 1998). Bryer, A. & Cunningham, M. (eds.), Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism: Papers from the Twenty-Eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1994 (Aldershot: Variorum, 1996). |
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