Chronographia, IV.31

Name of text: Chronographia, IV.31
Author of text: Michael Psellos
Date of text: 11 C
Date of person in text: 11 C
Name of structure in text: Anargyroi [SS. Cosmos and Damian] Church
Type of structure in text: church
Date of structure in text 11 C
Century of structure 1: 11 AD
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Asia Minor
Region in text:
City in text: Constantinople
Specific place of mosaic in text: floor and walls
Description of mosaic in text: lively images
Mosaic date in text: 11 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? Yes
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography: Michel Psellos, Chronographia, trans. by E. R. A. Sewter (Routledge, 1953)
URLs: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basi s/psellus-chrono04.asp 
Comments: Church built in the reign of Michael IV (1034-41)

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