Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Seal XCVIII 97
- Record Id:
- 040-002217063
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002217057
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000526.0x000083
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472497.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Seal XCVIII 97
- Title:
- Seal of Leo Eskammatismenos
- Scope & Content:
-
Lead seal.
Obverse: the Mother of God standing, holding the Child in her left arm; sigla on either side; border of dots placed between two linear circles.
Reverse metrical inscription of 6 lines with accents and breathings, and beginning with a cross; border of dots placed between two linear circles.
Obverse: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. Reverse: + Βροτῶν ῥοῆς ἡ στάσις τὰς πράξεις κύρου αἰῶσι μακροῖς τῆς ῥοῆς δίχα, κόρη.
Translation: Obverse: Mother of God. Jesus Christ. Reverse: Virgin, you who put an end to mortal change, confirm the deeds without change for ages to end. Or: Virgin, you who put an end to change, confirm the deeds of men without change for ages to end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Detached Seals and Casts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002207963
036-002217057
040-002217063 - Is part of:
- Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal XCVIII.92-97 : LEADEN BULLÆ Of the Byzantine period
Seal XCVIII 97 : Seal of Leo Eskammatismenos - Hierarchy:
- 032-002207963[0380]/036-002217057[0006]/040-002217063
- 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:
- 1263
- End Date:
- 1263
- Date Range:
- 1263
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Lead.
Dimensions: Diameter 30 mm.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Rhodes, Cyclades.
Provenance:
Leo Eskammatismenos, apographeus of Rhodes, of its surroundings, and of the Cyclades, 1263.
Acquired in 1892.
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1894), p. 388.
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. 76, no 17,868 (photo at the end of the volume, plate III).
Erich Trapp, Rainer Walther, and Hans-Veit Beyer (eds), Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, 12 vols and 2 Addenda (Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1976-1995), III (1978), no. 6144.Nicolas Oikonomides, A collection of dated Byzantine lead seals (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1986), p. 130-131, no. 139.
Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, 2 vols (Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2011-), I, Einteilung, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inklusive My (2011), p. 139, no. 220.
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. The translations for this seal were provided by Professor Marc Lauxtermann.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Leo Eskammatismenos, apographeus of Rhodes, 13th century
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Seal CXII 589
Seal CXII 590