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Michael "professor of law" (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Archangel Michael, wings outspread, holding the globus cruciger and a trefoil sceptre. Epigraphy on either side: ΑΜ̅: ἀ(ρχάγγελος) Μ(ιχαήλ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΣΡΑΓ,
ΜΙΤΟ
ΜΝΙΑ
ΣΚΑΛ

σφραγ(ὶς) Μιχ(αὴλ) τῶν νόμων διδασκάλου

Obverse

Bust of the Archangel Michael, wings outspread, holding the globus cruciger and a trefoil sceptre. Epigraphy on either side: ΑΜ̅: ἀ(ρχάγγελος) Μ(ιχαήλ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΣΡΑΓ,
ΜΙΤΟ
ΜΝΙΑ
ΣΚΑΛ

σφραγ(ὶς) Μιχ(αὴλ) τῶν νόμων διδασκάλου

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3750
Diameter 24.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2636.

Translation

σφραγὶς Μιχαὴλ τῶν νόμων διδασκάλου.

Seal of Michael, professor of law.

Commentary

The owner of the seal presents himself as a professor of law (νομοδιδάσκολος), but the seal seems to be too late to connect him with the school of laws founded in the 1040s. The absence of a family name prevents any sure identification of this Michael; see Wassiliou-Seibt's comments in her entry on this metrical seal.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)