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Seal XL 75

Record Id:

040-002208899

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002208860

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x000155

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147472728.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal XL 75

Title:

Seal of Nicetasfirst sword-bearer (protospatharios) and first notary (protonotarios) of Thrace

Scope & Content:

Lead seal.

Obverse: a patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps with acircular inscription along the circumference; concentric borders of dots.

Reverse: inscription of 4 lines beginning with a cross and followed on aseparate line by a cross; border of dots.

Obverse: Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ.

Reverse: Νικήτᾳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῆς Θρᾴκης.

Translation:

Obverse: Lord aid your servant

Reverse: Nicetas first sword-bearer (protospatharios)and first notary (protonotarios) of Thrace.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002208860
040-002208899

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal XL.37-95 : LEADEN bullæ, for the most part bearing monograms, of imperial and military officers and ecelesiastical dignitaries of Sicily…

Seal XL 75 : Seal of Nicetas__NEWLINE__first sword-bearer (protospatharios) and first notary (protonotarios) of Thrace

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0113]/036-002208860[0039]/040-002208899

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 seal

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0860

End Date:

0899

Date Range:

Late 9th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Lead.Pierced.

Dimensions:Diameter 25 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Thrace

Provenance:

Nicetas firstsword-bearer (protospatharios) and first notary (protonotarios) of Thrace, Late 9thcentury.

Acquired in1864.

Publications:

Catalogueof Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London: British MuseumTrustees, 1877), II, p. 821.

Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum Trustees, 1887-1900), V (1898), p. 63, no. 17790.

Metadataprovided by the cooperation among Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR8167 – Orient& Méditerranée, équipe Monde Byzantin, and the Department of Byzantine andModern Greek Studies at the Institute of Classics of the University of Cologne.The publication of this item is currently in preparation by the abovementionedteam.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)