Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Khachkars

Khachkar rosette borders — multi-petal circular compositions framing the central cross — vary in complexity by regional school and master. The densest rosette programs are associated with Momik's Noravank workshop, where fine-grained stone permitted intricacy unavailable to carvers working coarser-grained material, as documented in Donabédian's stylistic analysis.

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Khachkar rosette borders  multi-petal circular compositions framing the central cross  vary in complexity by regional school and master. The densest rosette programs are associated with Momik's Noravank workshop, where fine-grained stone permitted intricacy unavailable to carvers working coarser-grained material, as documented in Donabédian's stylistic analysis. 

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