The Virgin and Child are presented in frontal view on the west face, in the iconographic principle of Hodegetria. Framing her face, the folds of her veil come down and cover her body. Her right hand raised from under the cover is placed on the Child’s knee. The Infant Christ is shown [...]
The scene is carved on three separate slabs of the south façade of the church of Spitakavor (White Virgin). On the left-hand slab, a young rider, armed with a bow, shoots an arrow at a deer. The horse moves forward, and the rider is depicted turned towards the deer. On the right-hand [...]
This three-dimensional sculpture of a cross has extended vertical arms (one horizontal arm is missing). Rich acanthus scrolls, symbolizing growth of the cross, emerge from the base and reach the horizontal arm. The arms of the cross terminate in double circular frames, resembling gemston [...]