Geography + Transmission Atlas / Georgia & Caucasus

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Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesis

Qualified network for the Djumati enamel medallions: Met records say the works may have been sent as a gift from the Byzantine court to Georgia. BIU preserves the conditional wording.

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Geography + Transmission profile

Georgia & Caucasus

especially 11th–12th c. enamel exchange context · 2 registered sources

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Historical frame

Georgia/Caucasus courtly and devotional exchange context.

Production / use

Constantinopolitan manufacture is asserted only where an object record says so or qualifies it.

Movement / provenance

The Djumati medallions carry a possible-gift hypothesis, not certain provenance.

Political / ecclesiastical

Courtly relations can contextualize exchange without proving every route.

Artistic relation

Georgian copies/adaptations and Byzantine enamels are kept distinguishable.

Reception / adaptation

Reception is described as local production/adaptation when sources support it.

Uncertainty

Map position, proximity or visual similarity never creates a transmission edge. Follow the named source and explicit relationship records.

Geography is not transmission proofGeographic proximity, shared typology, or visual similarity does not establish influence, workshop movement, trade, or transmission direction.

Direct graph trails

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Places + regional groupings

3 direct

Constantinopleconnects · qualified-source-backed Georgiaconnects · source-backed Georgia & Caucasus Atlas Region← includes-network · system-rule

Verified objects

1 direct

Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frameincludes-possible-gift-object · qualified-source-backed

Icon types + scenes

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Materials + making

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

History + actors

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Sacred-space evidence

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Concepts + transmission methods

5 direct

Byzantine–Georgian Enamel Networkcontextualizes · source-backed Transmission Direction Requires Evidencepreserves-directional-uncertainty · system-rule Production Place ≠ Present Location← guards-inference-for · system-rule Documented Movement ≠ Artistic Influence← guards-inference-for · system-rule Transmission Direction Requires Evidence← guards-inference-for · system-rule

Two-step navigation

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Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← located-in →Hagia Sophia

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← located-in →Chora Church / Monastery

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← associated-with →Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← made-in →Double-Sided Pendant Icon (Met 1994.403)

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Hodegetria

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Eleousa

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesiscontextualizes →Byzantine–Georgian Enamel Networkuses-technique →Cloisonné Enamel

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← occurs-at →Capture of Constantinople, 1204

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← occurs-at →Byzantine Reconquest of Constantinople, 1261

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← connects →Byzantine–Slavic Transmission

Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesisconnects →Constantinople← connects →Byzantium and the Latin West

Geography source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Paul from an Icon Frame
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Arts of Byzantium
Open source ↗

text-reference-only; object image rights require per-record review

Discovery profile

Where can this record lead?

9 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 2 navigation themes

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Byzantine–Georgian Enamel NetworkConstantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesis —contextualizes→ Byzantine–Georgian Enamel Network · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-706.GeorgiaConstantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesis —connects→ Georgia · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-705.ConstantinopleConstantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesis —connects→ Constantinople · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-704.Medallion with Saint George from an Icon FrameConstantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesis —includes-possible-gift-object→ Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-707.

Visible two-step paths

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Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift HypothesiscontextualizesByzantine–Georgian Enamel Networkuses-techniqueCloisonné Enamel
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Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift HypothesisconnectsConstantinopleassociated-withVirgin Hodegetria
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift HypothesisconnectsConstantinopleassociated-withIcon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.

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