7 The ‘Islamicness’ of Some Decorative Patterns in the Church of Tigran Honents in Ani

Everyday Cosmopolitanisms

“…In addition to ties between the relief decoration and styles found on ceramics in the same period, Guidetti observed that the interior of the church is decorated in motifs drawn from Persian textiles. 78 In particular, I am drawn to the encircled senmurvs, winged creatures with canine heads, above the southern pastaphorion entrance. As has been explored by Hakobyan and Mikayelyan, such creatures were a popular motif in Sasanian and Islamic textiles, as well as being common in Armenian art, both illuminations of princely garments and architectural sculpture adorning the "fabric" of churches (see figs.…”

“…This object is generally similar to another blade found across the Kasakh Valley at the contemporary site of Tełenyac' Vank'. 78 These metal objects suggest a range of uses and activities by caravan travelers, from daily handiwork to hunting to eating to defense. The Mongol style of the arrowhead we found is no surprise, given that the Kasakh Valley was under Mongol rule from the middle of the thirteenth century onward.…”

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