Gelati Monastery
| Name of structure: | Gelati Monastery |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Georgia |
| Region within country or main area: | Imereti |
| City or area within region: | nr Kutaisi |
| Date of structure: | 1106, 1125-30 |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Apse |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Standing Virgin and Christ child, archangels. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1125-30 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 12 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Yes |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| 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: | 16C, 19C |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Khuskivadze, L., The mosaic of Gelati (Tibilisi, 2005). Bakuradze, K. & Khuskivadze, L., Gelatis Mozaikis Restavratsia [Gelati mosaic restoration] (Scientific series of the G. Chubinakivili Institute of Georgian Art History of the Georgian Academy of Sciences: Tiblisi, 1993). |
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