Nicholas metropolitan of Gangra (tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̅ – θ̅. : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Remains of an inscription along the upper periphery, beginning at eight o'clock. No visible border.
.θκεRοηθειτσ
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ]
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̅ – θ̅. : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Remains of an inscription along the upper periphery, beginning at eight o'clock. No visible border.
.θκεRοηθειτσ
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No visible border.
νικ
ολμ.
τροπολη
τηγγγ
ρον
Νικολάῳ μ[η]τροπολήτῃ Γαγγρον
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4828 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 17.2b. Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1725. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ μητροπολήτῃ Γαγγρον.
Mother of God, help your servant Nicholas, metropolitan of Gangra.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notes de littérature et de géographie écclesiastiques (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of this seal has been restored on the basis of its counterpart from the same boulloterion: see BZS.1955.1.4827.