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Seal CXLVI 59

Record Id:

040-002222399

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002222376

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000773.0x0000bd

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147472428.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal CXLVI 59

Title:

Seal of a monk

Scope & Content:

Lead seal. Obverse: circular invocative inscription placed between two dotted circles and preceded by a cross; at the centre, bust of undetermined saint flanked by an illegible inscription in columns.

Reverse: circular inscription placed between two dotted circles and preceded by a cross; at the centre, bust of the Virgin with both hands raised in prayer; sigla on either side (with tongues of fire?).

Obverse: + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Reverse: + ... μοναχῷ τῷ ...

Translation: Obverse: Mother of God aid your servant. Reverse: ... monk ...

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002222376
040-002222399

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal CXLVI.37-65 : COLLECTION of bullæ, etc., of the Byzantine period, transferrecl from the Department of British and Mediæval Antiquities.

Seal CXLVI 59 : Seal of a monk

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0644]/036-002222376[0023]/040-002222399

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:

1060

End Date:

1099

Date Range:

Late 11th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Lead.

Dimensions: Diameter 16 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance:

Unidentified .monk, Late 11th Centur.y.

Transferred from the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities in 1901.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1907), p. 428.

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)