Telovani, Church of Holy Cross
Location: | Former village Telovani, Mtskheta Municipality |
Place: | Georgia, Shida Kartli |
Dedication: | Holy Cross |
Category: | Built |
Type: | Domed Church, Semi Croix Libre |
Date/Period: | 8th c. |
Renovation/Reconstruction: | 18th c. |
Layers of the Murals: | Two layers |
In the interior of the church, different layers of plastering have preserved 28 incised and fresco inscriptions dating to the ninth-eleventh centuries. They are outlined in capital and minuscule script, and there is one written in modern lay script dating to the 15th -16th centuries. They are mainly historical or liturgical-hymnographical and do not provide any direct account about construction, renovation or painting of the church.