Gregory

Name of structure: Gregory
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Armenia
Region within country or main area: Artašat
City or area within region: Dvin
Date of structure: 5C, beg. 7C, destroyed 893.
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 7 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Virgin
Date of mosaic: 8C
Century of mosaic 1: 8 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 8 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Unknown
Colour tessera at site: Unknown
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:

early 20C, 1937.
1946-; 1964-65: by the Academy of Sciences of S. S. R. of Armenia


 

Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Gandolfo, F., Le basiliche Armene. IV-VII secolo (Rome: De Luca Editore, 1982).


Khalpakhchian, O., Architectural Ensembles of Armenia (Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1980).


D'Onofrio, M., Le chiese di Dvin. The Churces of Dvin (Rome: De Luca Editore, 1973).

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