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Seal CXLVI 62

Record Id:

040-002222402

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002222376

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000773.0x0000c0

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147472446.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal CXLVI 62

Title:

Seal of Constantine Ducas Comnenus Palaeologus

Scope & Content:

Lead seal.

Obverse: Constantine Ducas Comnenus Palaeologus nimbate, beardless, standing facing in full length, in royal garb with ceremonial headgear (skiadion) decorated with cross, tunic (divitision) and chlamys of lozenge pattern, holding a sceptre with a jewelled top with the right hand; inscription in two columns on either side preceded, on a separate line, by a cross on the left and decorative elements on the right; border of dots.

Reverse: metrical inscription of 8 lines beginning with a cross; border of dots.

Obverse: Κωνσταντῖνος δεσπότης πορφυρογέννητος Δούκας Κομνηνὸς ὁ Παλαιολόγος.

Reverse: + Σφραγὶς ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ φυλακτὴρ καὶ σκέπη ἀνακτόπαιδος δεσπότου Κωνσταντίνου καὶ πορφυρανθοῦς Δούκα Παλαιολόγου.

Translation: Obverse: Constantine Ducas Comnenus Palaeologus, master (despotes) born in the purple (porphyrogennetos).

Reverse: Christ is the seal and the guardian and the protector of the master (despotes) Constantine Ducas Palaeologus, imperial scion and purple blossom.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002222376
040-002222402

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 62 : Seal of Constantine Ducas Comnenus Palaeologus

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0644]/036-002222376[0026]/040-002222402

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:

1260

End Date:

1399

Date Range:

Late 13th century-1st third of the 14th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Lead.

Dimensions: Diameter 30 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Constantinople.

Provenance:

Constantine Ducas Comnenus Palaeologus, despotes porphyrogennetos. Two possible identifications: the third son of emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, 1261-1306, or a son of emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus, 1278/1281-1334/1335.

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.

Erich Trapp, Rainer Walther, and Hans-Veit Beyer (eds), Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, 12 vols and 2 Addenda (Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1976-1995), IX (1989), nos. 21492, 21499.

Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, 2 vols (Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2011-), II, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (2016), pp. 625-627, no. 2698.

Dumbarton Oaks, Online Catalogue of Byzantine Seals, , nos. BZS.1948.17.4293, BZS.1955.1.4368 [accessed 19 April 2021].

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)

Places:

Istanbul, Turkey