Tkhoti Church of St. Nino
Location: | Agaiani, Kaspi Municipality |
Place: | Georgia, Shida Kartli |
Dedication: | St. Nino |
Category: | Built |
Type: | Domeless Church, Hall church |
Date/Period: | 7th-8th cc. |
Renovation/Reconstruction: | 9th-10th cc., 16th c. |
Layers of the Murals: | One layer |
The croix-libre type domed church built in the seventh-eighth centuries was transformed into a hall-type structure in the tenth – eleventh centuries.
Two lapidary and fresco asomtavruli inscriptions dated to the tenth-eleventh centuries are preserved on the façade and in the interior of the church. In the east corner of the south façade the inscription reads: (Ⴜ(ႫႨႣႠ)Ⴢ Ⴂ(ႨႭႰႢ)Ⴈ | Ⴘ Ⴅ Ⴇ | ႢႨ ႸႤ – St. George, have mercy on She(?) t(?)); in the interior the painted inscription Ⴀ ႲႴႨႪ is executed on the jamb of the chancel window. They are incomplete and do not contain any direct account about construction, renovation or painting of the church.