Theopemptos metropolitan of Russia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John Prodromos holding a scroll in l. hand. Vertical inscription visible at r.: |ΔΡ|Ο|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος. No visible border.
Obverse
Bust of St. John Prodromos holding a scroll in l. hand. Vertical inscription visible at r.: |ΔΡ|Ο|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines with decoration below. No visible border.
ΚΕ̅,θ
θεοπε.
πτοΜΡ̅ο
π,λ,ροσ,
ια.
Κύριε βοήθει Θεοπέμπτο μητροπολίτῃ Ῥοσσίας
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4840 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 85.4b. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Θεοπέμπτο μητροπολίτῃ Ῥοσσίας.
Lord, help Theopemptos metropolitan of Russia.
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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Aktovye pečati Drevnej Rusi X — XV vv., Vol. 1, Pečati X - načala XIII v. (Open in Zotero)
- Erlasse des Patriarchen von Konstantinopel Alexios Studites (Open in Zotero)
- Un sceau gréco-russe au Xle siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is an accurate copy of BZS 1958.106.150, but from a different boulloterion.
This prelate, who was the first metropolitan of Kiev (1037-ca. 1043), appears as a signatory to a synodal decree of 1039 (Ficker, Erlasse, 42).
The location of the see varied. Its early history remains a matter of dispute, but we know that it was established at Kiev in the 1030s, was movied to Vladimir in 1298, and finally to Moscow in 1328. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, 599-600.