N. protospatharios and protonotarios of the Armeniakoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Vertical inscription on either side: |υε|ο-δ|ρ|ο, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Along the border of dots, at right, remnants of a circular inscription:
δλ,
[Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Vertical inscription on either side: |υε|ο-δ|ρ|ο, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Along the border of dots, at right, remnants of a circular inscription:
δλ,
[Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
....σ
....σπα
υα.Sα̅νο
τα.τ,αρ
..νια
– κ –
[..]σ[... πρωτο]σπαθα[ρ(ίῳ)] (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτα[ρ(ίῳ)] τ(ῶν) Ἀρ[με]νιακ(ῶν)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3143 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 22.39. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ [..]σ[...] πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.
Lord or Mother of God, help your servant [...s], protospatharios and protonotarios of the Armeniakoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)