The Covel Papers
| Name of text: | The Covel Papers |
| Author of text: | John Covel |
| Date of text: | c. 1675 |
| Date of person in text: | Seventeenth century |
| Name of structure in text: | S. George's Church |
| Type of structure in text: | Church |
| Date of structure in text | mid-Byzantine? |
| Century of structure 1: | |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Country in text: | Turkey |
| Region in text: | Marmara Region, Istanbul Province |
| City in text: | Silivri (old name Selymbria) |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Dome over the bema |
| Description of mosaic in text: | A. very good mosaic, inscription round the base of it reads ‘O Lord, how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep’. [ps. 92.5]. |
| Mosaic date in text: | |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
| Colour descriptions in text: | |
| Bibliography: | Magdalino, Paul, ‘Byzantine Churches of Selymbria’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 32 (1978), 309-318, see pp. 316-7. |
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| Comments: | Magdalino states cufic motifs at either end of inscription indicate a mid-Byzantine date. |