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(The monastery of the) Prodromos . . . (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

St. John the Baptist standing holding a long staff cross. Visible at right: Π||Μ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ] Π(ρό)δ(ρο)μ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

σφρα
μονη
προ.
τ.
..

Σφρα[γὶς] μονῆ[ς τ(οῦ)] Προ[δρόμου] τοῦ . . .

Obverse

St. John the Baptist standing holding a long staff cross. Visible at right: Π||Μ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ] Π(ρό)δ(ρο)μ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

σφρα
μονη
προ.
τ.
..

Σφρα[γὶς] μονῆ[ς τ(οῦ)] Προ[δρόμου] τοῦ . . .

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2863
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 80.2.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Σφραγὶς μονῆς τοῦ Προδρόμου τοῦ . . .

Seal of the monastery of the Prodromos of . . .

Commentary

It is not possible to prove because crucial letters are absent, but ti could well be that this specimen reads: Σφραγὶς μονῆς τοῦ Προδρόμου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. This suggestion is based in part on the similarity of iconography between this specimen and seals of the latter institution. See Laurent, Corpus 5.2: no. 1579 as well as BZS.1958.106.432.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)