Michael judge of Macedonia and Thrace (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding scepter and globe. On either side, between halo and wings, inscription: Σ|Τ|.Ε||Θ, : Στ(αυ)[ρ(ὲ)] β(οή)θ(ει). Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΧΑΗΛ
ΚΡΗΤΗΣ
ΜΑΚΕΔΟ
ΝΙΑΣΘΡΑ
·ΚΗΣ·
[Μι]χαὴλ κρητὴς Μακεδονίας Θρᾴκης
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding scepter and globe. On either side, between halo and wings, inscription: Σ|Τ|.Ε||Θ, : Στ(αυ)[ρ(ὲ)] β(οή)θ(ει). Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΧΑΗΛ
ΚΡΗΤΗΣ
ΜΑΚΕΔΟ
ΝΙΑΣΘΡΑ
·ΚΗΣ·
[Μι]χαὴλ κρητὴς Μακεδονίας Θρᾴκης
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.2471 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 28.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 43.11a. Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1445. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Μιχαὴλ κρητὴς Μακεδονίας Θρᾴκης.
Michael judge of Macedonia (and) Thrace.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Philippes et la Macédoine orientale à l’époque chrétienne et byzantine; recherches d’histoire et d’archéologie (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- La Macédoine orientale à l’époque byzantine: à propos d'un livre récent (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This specimen comes from the same boulloterion as 1951.31.5.1171 (linked to this entry).
This is a twelve-syllable verse in which the expected conjunction καὶ between Macedonia and Thrace had to be omitted.