Constantine bishop of Paros (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans with the medallion of Christ before her. On either side, the sigla: ..ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans with the medallion of Christ before her. On either side, the sigla: ..ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ̅,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
Κ̅̅ΝΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠ,ΠΑ
Ρ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Πάρου
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.130 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 53.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Πάρου.
Lord, help your servant Constantine bishop of Paros.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Today this island in the Cyclades is still known as Paros. Paros was a bishopric suffragan of Rhodes attested already in 431; it continued in this status until 1083 when the see was joined with Naxos and became a metropolis under the name of Paronaxia (cf. Zacos, Seals II, no. 1039). See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 537; Fedalto, 219-20; Malamut, Iles, 215, 356; ODB III, 1590-91.