Reliefs of Armenia

photos by Elena Makarova and Elena Lisitsyna

1. Two Pigeons

monument: Sanahin Monastery, 10th century

relief location: a window on the wall adjacent to the Chapel of St. Gregory, to the left of its entrance

2. An Eagle with a Lamb

monument: Geghard Monastery, origin 4th century, main buildings 13th century

relief location: Proshyan Chapel (1283), interior north wall

3. Rosette

monument: Tatev Monastery, 9th century

relief location: The Church of Saints Paul and Peter, apse on the east side

4. Cats

monument: Dashtadem Fortress, 10th–19th centuries

relief location: north side of the fortress wall, above the entrance

5. Khachkar

monument: Zorats Church, 14th century

relief location: the area to the east of the church

6. Anthropomorphic Image with a Crossed Square

monument: Sanahin Monastery, 10th century

relief location: scriptorium (11th century), probably a gravestone

7. Lion

monument: Noravank Monastery, 13th century

relief location: a ledger stone of one of the Orbelian princes on the monastery grounds, southwest side from the St. Karapet Church Gavit