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Manuel (or Emmanuel) metropolitan of Euchaita and synkellos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and a round shield. Inscription in two columns: ο|α|γι|ο-θ|ε||δο|ρ, : Ὁ ἅγιο(ς) Θεώδορ(ος). Circular inscription within a border of dots:

κεR.......σδλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β[οήθει τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

..
μαν
ηλελεθ̅υ
μητροπολ,
ευχα.τ
καισ.γκε
λλ

Μανουὴλ or [Ἐμ]μανουὴλ ἐλέῳ Θ(εο)ῦ μητροπολ(ίτῃ) Εὐχα[ΐ]των καὶ σ[υ]γκέλλῳ

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and a round shield. Inscription in two columns: ο|α|γι|ο-θ|ε||δο|ρ, : Ὁ ἅγιο(ς) Θεώδορ(ος). Circular inscription within a border of dots:

κεR.......σδλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β[οήθει τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

..
μαν
ηλελεθ̅υ
μητροπολ,
ευχα.τ
καισ.γκε
λλ

Μανουὴλ or [Ἐμ]μανουὴλ ἐλέῳ Θ(εο)ῦ μητροπολ(ίτῃ) Εὐχα[ΐ]των καὶ σ[υ]γκέλλῳ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4846
Diameter 30.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 16.2.

Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 768, and, especially, Corpus V/2, 456.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μανουὴλ or Ἐμμανουὴλ ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ μητροπολίτῃ Εὐχαΐτων καὶ συγκέλλῳ.

Lord, help your servant Manuel or Emmanuel, by the grace of God, metropolitan of Euchaita and synkellos.

Commentary

We know of a seal having belonged to Manuel metropolitan of Euchaita (Speck, Bleisiegel I, no. 123).

There are traces of the inscription engraved at the line before Μανουήλ. We assume it may be a decoration; otherwise, there was one more line, which could consist of the letters εμ — in which case the name should be read Ἐμμανουήλ — which does not make much difference. Both are possible.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
  • Le dédoublement de Saint Théodore et les villes d’Euchaïta et d’Euchaneia (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
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