Zvartnots Cathedral
| Name of structure: | Zvartnots Cathedral |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Armenia |
| Region within country or main area: | Armavir Province |
| City or area within region: | Ejmiatsin/Etchmiadzin |
| Date of structure: | 640-661 |
| Century of structure 1: | 7 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | No longer extant. Fragments found at east end of church next to ambo. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Fragments found in 1900 by X. Dadyan. One displayed the upper part of a cross with diagonal rays emanating from its centre. |
| Date of mosaic: | 7th Century |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 7 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | |
| Gold tessera at site: | |
| Colour tessera at site: | |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
| Has analysis been done? | |
| Samples taken from where? | |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Maranci, Christina, ‘Byzantium through Armenian Eyes: Cultural Appropriation and the Church of Zuart’noc’, Gesta, 40.2 (2001), 105-124 |
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| Comments: | More information required. |
| Record Incomplete | |
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