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036-002223191 Project / Collection Detached Seals and Casts

1. Seal CLIII.34-41

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII.34-41
Title:
LEADEN BULLAE of the Byzantine period Transferred from the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
8 items

2. Seal CLIII.39

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII.39
Title:
Scope & Content:
Theodore Comnenus, despotes, etc. Theodore Comnenus, despotes: Bulla.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Seal CLIII 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII 35
Title:
Seal of George secretary (a secretis)
Scope & Content:
Lead seal. Obverse: cruciform invocative monogram, wreath border. Reverse: inscription of 4 lines beginning and ending with a cross, traces of wreath border. Obverse: Θεοτόκε βοήθει. Reverse: +Γεωργίῳ ἀσηκρητης+. Translation: Obverse: Mother of God aid. Reverse: George secretary (a secreti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:
1 seal

4. Seal CLIII.36

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII.36
Title:
Scope & Content:
Theodore. patricius and proconsul. Theodore, patricius et proconsul: Bulla.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Seal CLIII 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII 41
Title:
Seal of Callistus or Lycastus, ex prefect
Scope & Content:
Lead seal. Obverse: invocative monogram; wreath border. Reverse: monogram with letters in the quarters; wreath border. Obverse: Θεοτόκε βοήθει. Reverse: Καλλίστου or Λυκάστου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων. Translation: Obverse: Mother of God aid. Reverse: Callistus or Lycastus ex prefect.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 7th century
Extent:
1 seal

6. Seal CLIII 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII 34
Title:
Seal of Nicephorus, imperial first sword-bearer (protospatharios) (?)
Scope & Content:
Lead seal. Obverse: cross potent on 3 steps; undetermined border. Reverse: corroded. Obverse: (Cross Potent). Reverse: Illegible.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 9th century
Extent:
1 seal

7. Seal CLIII 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII 37
Title:
Seal of Theodore bishop of Diaulia and syncellus.
Scope & Content:
Lead seal. Obverse: bust of the Mother of God, mostly abrased, flanked by sigla. Reverse: inscription of 6 lines; traces of border of dots. Obverse: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Reverse: Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Διαυλίας καὶ συγκέλλῳ. Translation: Obverse: Mother of God. Reverse: Lord aid Theodoros, b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:
1 seal

8. Seal CLIII.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII.40
Title:
Scope & Content:
The Empress Irene (?). Andronicus II; Emperor of Eastern Empire; Palæologus: Palaeologus (d. 1332). Bulla of the Empress Irene.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Seal CLIII 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLIII 38
Title:
Seal of Nicephorus Botaneiates, head of the Palace (curopalates) and duke (doux) of the Anatolikoi
Scope & Content:
Lead seal. Obverse: St Demetrios, standing, in military dress holding spear and shield flanked by vertical inscriptions, border of dots. Reverse: inscription of 7 lines beginning with a cross, border of dots. Obverse: ῾Ο ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Reverse: + Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ κουροπαλάτῃ καὶ δοὺξ τ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1073-1077
Extent:
1 seal