Theodosios bishop of Amorion (eighth century)
Obverse
Indistinct outline of a cruciform invocative monogram. No inscription or border visible.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No visible border.
ΘΕΟΔ
ΣΙΕΠ
ΣΚΟΠ
ΜΟΡ
Θεοδ[ο]σίῳ ἐπ[ι]σκόπῳ [τ]οῦ Ἀμορ(ίου)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.176 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 88.4; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 502. Cf. Sig., 268. |
Translation
... Θεοδοσίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ τοῦ Ἀμορίου.
(Lord or Mother of God, help) Theodosios, bishop of Amorion.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent may have been correct in identifying the owner of this seal as Theodosios bishop of Amorion, a converted iconoclast, who attended the Council of 787 (cf. Mansi, XII, cols. 1007, 1011, 1098, 1154; XIII, col. 141, 724) several years after having successfully defended his see against the Arabs.