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Seal CLIII 68
- Record Id:
- 040-002223230
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002223229
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000773.0x0003b2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472302.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Seal CLIII 68
- Title:
- Seal of Theodore, proedros and logothetes of the Drome
- Scope & Content:
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Lead seal
Obverse: Mother of God seated on a straight-back throne holding Christ on her lap, flanked by sigla; border of dots between two lines.
Reverse: inscription of 6 lines beginning with a cross; border of dots.
Obverse: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Reverse: + Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ προέδρῳ καὶ λογοθέτῃ τοῦ δρώμου.
Translation: Obverse: Mother of God. Reverse: Mother of God aid Theodore head of Senate (proedros) and Minister of the Post (logothetes of the Drome).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Detached Seals and Casts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002207963
036-002223229
040-002223230 - Is part of:
- Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal CLIII.68-70 : LEADEN BULLAE of the Byzantine period, viz. (68) Bust of saint holding cross;-(69) Monogram on obverse and reverse;-(70)…
Seal CLIII 68 : Seal of Theodore, proedros and logothetes of the Drome - Hierarchy:
- 032-002207963[0729]/036-002223229[0001]/040-002223230
- 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:
- 1030
- End Date:
- 1070
- Date Range:
- Mid 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Lead.
Dimensions: Diameter 30 mm.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Theodore head of Senate (proedros) and Minister of the Post (logothetes of the Drome), Mid 11th century.
Transferred from the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in 1908.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1912), p. 305.
Konstantinos M. Konstantopoulos, Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Athens: Typois Hetaireias P.D. Sakellarios, 1930), no. 95 (parallel specimen).
Vitalien Laurent, Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzantin, II, L'administration centrale (Paris: Editions du CNRS, 1981), no. 437 (parallel specimen).
George Zacos, and John N. Nesbitt, Byzantine Lead Seals (Bern: Benteli Publishers, 1984), no. 735 (parallel specimen).
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:
- Theodore, Proedros and logothetes of the Drome, 11th century