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Seal XLIV 36
- Record Id:
- 040-002209418
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002209383
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x00000f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147473642.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Seal XLIV 36
- Title:
- Seal of John registrar (chartoularios) and genimatas of Chrysopolis and of the Straits
- Scope & Content:
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Lead seal. On the obverse, legend of 4 lines preceded by decorative elements on a separate line; border of dots. on the reverse, legend of 4 lines preceded by decorative elements on a separate line; border of dots.
Obverse: Ἰωάννης χαρτουλάριος καὶ γενιματᾶς.
Reverse: Χρυσοπόλεως καὶ τῶν Πόρων.
Translation:
Obverse: John registrar (chartoularios) and genimatas.
Reverse: of Chrysopolis and of the Straits.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Detached Seals and Casts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002207963
036-002209383
040-002209418 - 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 36 : Seal of John registrar (chartoularios) and genimatas of Chrysopolis and of the Straits - Hierarchy:
- 032-002207963[0168]/036-002209383[0035]/040-002209418
- 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:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Lead. Indented at the channel’s openings; partly fractured along the channel and a small hole is located just below the upper opening of the channel.
Dimensions: Diameter 25 mm.
- Custodial History:
- Origin: Chrysopolis, the Straits.
Provenance: John registrar (chartoularios) and genimatas of Chrysopolis and of the Straits, 11th 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. 28, no. 17589 (this catalogue erroneously mentions the item under the inventory number XLIV 26 instead of XLIV 36).
B.A. Pančenko, Kollekcii Russkago Archeologičeskago Instituta v Konstantinopolě. Katalog Molivdovulov (Sofia: Dŭrzh. Pechatnit︠s︡a, 1908), no. 368 (parallel specimen).
Irina V. Sokolova, ‘Les sceaux byzantins de Cherson’, in Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, 3 (1993), 99-111, pp. 109-111 (parallel specimen).
Ivan Jordanov, Corpus of Byzantine Seals from Bulgaria, 3 vols (Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institut with Museum, 2003-2009), 1, Byzantine Seals with Geographical Names (2003), no. 80.1 (parallel specimen).
‘Seals published 1997-2001, Scholarly Articles’, in Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, 8 (2003), 151-216, pp. 151, 154 (parallel specimens?).
Jean-Claude Cheynet, La société byzantine: l’apport des sceaux, 2 vols (Paris: Association des amis du Centre d’histoire et civilisation de Byzance, 2008), I, p. 231-232 (parallel specimen).
Michael Jeffreys et al., Prosopography of the Byzantine World, 2016 (King's College London, 2017), Ioannes 20589 http://pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/person/Ioannes/20589/ [accessed 18 November 2022].
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:
- Johannes, Genimatas of Chrysopolis and of the Straits, 11th century
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Seal CXII 121
Seal CXII 122