Winged Cross :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Winged Cross 12 c․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Parvana

Inscription, Georgian Mesropian, Engraved, Commemoration 12 c․

Its west-directed face has a Georgian Mesropian inscription (8 lines) carved on the horizontal wings of the cross, namely on both sides of a relief representing the Holy Virgin, and on the lower wing of the cross.
წ(მიდა)ჲ ღ(მრთი)ს მშ(ო)ბ(ელ)ი. | შვილნო | ღ(მრ)თისანო | ქ(რისტ)ეანენო. | ს(ა)წყ(ა)ლი და|თ(ო)ჳაი ლ(ო)ცვ|(ა)სა გვედ(რ)ი | ვ(ა)რ. Transl.: Holy Mother of God. Oh, you, Christian sons of the Lord. I am poor Datua imploring in [my] prayer.

Published in: “ჯავახეთი. ისტორიულ-ხუროთმოძღვრული გზამკვლევი”, გვ. 11. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 511-513. Misreading: “ჯავახეთი. ისტორიულ-ხუროთმოძღვრული გზამკვლევი” offers გვედივარ. Note: The inscription dates back to the 12th century.

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Non-Specified

Relief, High Relief, Reliefs of Saints

A relief representing the Holy Virgin is found on the horizontal wings of the cross.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 511.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan