Anonymous (eleventh century)
Obverse
Deesis scene. At left, St George standing, garbed in civilian dress, holding the martyr's cross in his right hand. At right, the Virgin standing on a suppedion with her hands raised before her. Inscription at left: |Γ|Ε||Ρ|Γ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Sigla at right: ̅Θ̅|Υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
St Demetrios standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground in his left. Inscription in two columns: ||Η.|Η|Τ̣Ρ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δη[μ]ήτρ(ιος). Border of dots.
Obverse
Deesis scene. At left, St George standing, garbed in civilian dress, holding the martyr's cross in his right hand. At right, the Virgin standing on a suppedion with her hands raised before her. Inscription at left: |Γ|Ε||Ρ|Γ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Sigla at right: ̅Θ̅|Υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
St Demetrios standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground in his left. Inscription in two columns: ||Η.|Η|Τ̣Ρ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δη[μ]ήτρ(ιος). Border of dots.
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3460 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seal 7, no. 4.12 (dating the seal to the middle of the eleventh century). |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 7: The Iconographic Seals (Open in Zotero)