Amaghu - Noravank' Amaghu Norovank Monastery; Norovank Monastery Momik Monasteries Religious complexes Churches Religious buildings Bas-relief crosses Noravank was founded by Bishop Hovhannes, the former Abbot of Vahanavank. The monastic complex includes the church of S. Karapet, S. Grigor chapel with a vaulted hall, and the church of S. Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God). Ruins of various civil buildings and khachkars are found both inside and outside of the compound walls. Noravank was the residence of the Orbelian princes. The architect Siranes and the remarkable miniature painter and sculptor Momik worked here in the latter part of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century. The fortress walls surrounding the complex were built in the 17th–18th centuries. Bishop Hovhannes Siranes Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-0007 Parsegian, V.L.. (Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1980). Armenian Amaghu, Alaverdi region, Republic of Armenia 1339 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council.
Amaghu - Noravank'
Amaghu Norovank Monastery; Norovank Monastery
Momik
Monasteries
Religious complexes
Churches
Religious buildings
Bas-relief crosses
Noravank was founded by Bishop Hovhannes, the former Abbot of Vahanavank. The monastic complex includes the church of S. Karapet, S. Grigor chapel with a vaulted hall, and the church of S. Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God). Ruins of various civil buildings and khachkars are found both inside and outside of the compound walls. Noravank was the residence of the Orbelian princes. The architect Siranes and the remarkable miniature painter and sculptor Momik worked here in the latter part of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century. The fortress walls surrounding the complex were built in the 17th–18th centuries.
Bishop Hovhannes
Siranes
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-0007
Parsegian, V.L.. (Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1980).
Armenian
Amaghu, Alaverdi region, Republic of Armenia
1339 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council.