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Seal XLIV 9

Record Id:

040-002209391

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002209383

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x0003dc

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147474008.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal XLIV 9

Title:

Seal of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus

Scope & Content:

Lead seal. On the obverse, Christ seated on a square-back throne, holding the Gospel on his left knee, the right hand in front of his chest in a blessing gesture, flanked by sigla; border of dots. On the reverse, the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus standing, wearing a tunic (divitision), a jeweled long scarf (loros) and a crown, holding in his right hand a long scepter and in the left hand an orb with a cross; circular inscription; border of dots.

Obverse: Ἰησοῦς Χρίστος

Reverse: Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότῃ τῷ Κομνηνῷ

Translation:

Obverse: Jesus Christ.

Reverse: Alexius Comnenus master (despotes).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002209383
040-002209391

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal XLIV.2-154 : LEADEN bullæ of Eastern emperors, prelates, public officers, etc., mostly with Greek legends and religious monograms. Among them…

Seal XLIV 9 : Seal of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0168]/036-002209383[0008]/040-002209391

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:

1081

End Date:

1118

Date Range:

1081-1118

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Lead.

Dimensions: diameter 30 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance: Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Acquired in 1873.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London: British Museum Trustees, 1877), II, pp. 826-828.

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. 4, no. 17458.

Michael Jeffreys et al., Prosopography of the Byzantine World, 2016 (King's College London, 2017), Alexios 1 http://pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/person/Alexios/1/ (with further references) [accessed 03 March 2023].

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

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

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