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Seal XLIV 11
- Record Id:
- 040-002209393
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002209383
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x0003de
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472926.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Seal XLIV 11
- Title:
- Seal of Michael Doukas august (sebastos)
- Scope & Content:
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Lead seal. On the obverse, bust of the archangel Michael, wearing the jeweled long-scarf (loros), holding a scepter in the right hand and an orb with a cross in his left hand; undetermined border. On the reverse, metrical inscription of 4 lines preceded and followed by decorative elements on separate lines; border of tight dots.
Obverse: N/A
Reverse: Σφραγὶς σεβαστοῦ Μιχαὴλ αὕτη Δούκα
Translation:
Obverse: N/A.
Reverse: This is the seal of the august (sebastos) Michael Doukas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Detached Seals and Casts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002207963
036-002209383
040-002209393 - 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 11 : Seal of Michael Doukas august (sebastos) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002207963[0168]/036-002209383[0010]/040-002209393
- 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:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1149
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Lead.
Dimensions: Diameter 25 mm.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance: Michael Doukas august (sebastos), 1st half of the 12th century. Acquired in 1873.
- Publications:
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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. 73, no. 17846 (photo at the end of the volume, plate III).
Alexandra-Kyriake Wassiliou-Seibt, Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, 2: Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2016), no. 2840a-d (with further references).
Michael Jeffreys et al., Prosopography of the Byzantine World, 2016 (King's College London, 2017), Michael 121 http://pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/person/Michael/121/ [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)
- Names:
- Michael Doukas, Sebastos, brother of Eirene Doukaina, 2nd half of the 11th century - 1st quarter of the 12th century
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Seal CXII 29