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Seal CXLVI 35
- Record Id:
- 040-002222373
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002222373
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000773.0x0000a5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472321.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Seal CXLVI 35
- Title:
- Seal of Sophronius, patriarch of Constantinople
- Scope & Content:
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Lead seal.
Obverse: the Mother of God holding the child on her left arm flanked by floral ornaments in the right and left field and sigla identifying both characters; undetermined border.
Reverse: inscription of 8 lines; undetermined border.
Obverse: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Ἰησούς Χριστός. Reverse: Σωφρόνιος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας Ῥώμης καὶ οἰκουμενικὸς πατριάρχης.͵αψοεʹ
Translation: obverse: Mother of God; Jesus Christ. Reverse: Sophronius, by the grace of God archbishop of Constantinople the New Rome and ecumenical patriarch. 1775.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Detached Seals and Casts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002222373", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Seal CXLVI 35: Seal of Sophronius, patriarch of Constantinople" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002207963
040-002222373 - Is part of:
- Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal CXLVI 35 : Seal of Sophronius, patriarch of Constantinople - Hierarchy:
- 032-002207963[0642]/040-002222373
- 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:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1775
- Date Range:
- 1775
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Lead.
Dimensions: Diameter 60 mm.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Constantinople.
Provenance:
Sophronius, patriarch of Constantinople. Floruit 1775 to 1780.
Acquired in 1901.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1907), p.428.
N. Alexeenko, and I. Ozerjanskaja, ʹPechat’ Konstantinopol’skogo patriarkha Sofronija II (1775-1780) iz Odesskogo istoriko-kraevedcheskogo muzejaʹ, Visnyk Odes’kogo Istoryko-kraeznavchogo Muzeju, 11 (2012), 80-85.
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:
- Sophronius, Patriarch of Constantinople, 1710?-1780