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Seal XL 90
- Record Id:
- 040-003978174
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002208860
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000140.0x00017c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472815.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Seal XL 90
- Title:
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Seal of Theodore
- Scope & Content:
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Lead seal. On the obverse, invocative cruciform monogram; wreath border. On the reverse, cruciform monogram; wreath border.
Obverse: Κύριε βοήθει.
Reverse: Θεοδώρου.
Translation:
Obverse: Lord aid.
Reverse:Theodore.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Detached Seals and Casts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002207963
036-002208860
040-003978174 - Is part of:
- Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal XL.37-95 : LEADEN bullæ, for the most part bearing monograms, of imperial and military officers and ecelesiastical dignitaries of Sicily…
Seal XL 90 : Seal of Theodore - Hierarchy:
- 032-002207963[0113]/036-002208860[0054]/040-003978174
- 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:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Lead.
Dimensions:Diameter 25 mm.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: EasternMediterranean
Provenance:
Theodore, 7th century.
Acquired in1864.
- Publications:
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Catalogueof Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London: British MuseumTrustees, 1877), II, p. 821.
Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue ofSeals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols(London: British Museum Trustees, 1887-1900), V (1898), p. 91, no. 17955 which is in fact the description of Seal XL 93, this seal is described on pp. 102-103, no. 18017.
Metadataprovided by the cooperation among Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR8167 – Orient& Méditerranée, équipe Monde Byzantin, and the Department of Byzantine andModern Greek Studies at the Institute of Classics of the University of Cologne.The publication of this item is currently in preparation by the abovementionedteam.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)