Les Églises et les Monastères des Grands Centres Byzantins

Name of text: Les Églises et les Monastères des Grands Centres Byzantins
Author of text: Raymond Janin
Date of text: 1975
Date of person in text:
Name of structure in text: Monastery of S. Michael
Type of structure in text: church
Date of structure in text
Century of structure 1: 13 AD
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Turkey
Region in text: Chalcedon (now Kadiköy district of Istanbul)
City in text: Mount Auxentios
Specific place of mosaic in text: Close to the remains of a low arch, possibly a church crypt?
Description of mosaic in text: Mosaic debris found in ruins at the beginning of the 20th century. Unclear whether this relates to wall or floor mosaics.
Mosaic date in text: 13 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text?
Tesserae gold mentioned in text?
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography: Janin, R., Les Églises et les Monastères des Grands Centres Byzantins (Paris: Institut Français d’Études Byzantines, 1975), p. 48
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Comments: This is a speculative entry and more details of this find are required.

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