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
Century of mosaic 2:
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:
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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