Basil bishop of Tenos (eleventh century, second half)
Obverse
Bust of St. Basil blessing and holding Gospels. On either side, the inscription: ||ΑΣ|Ι|Λ: ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειος. Border of dots.
Σφραγὶς Βασιλείου
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡ
ΓΙΣΣΙ
ΛΕΙΕΠΙ
ΣΚΟΠΟΥ
ΤΙΝ
ἐπισκόπου Τίνου
Obverse
Bust of St. Basil blessing and holding Gospels. On either side, the inscription: ||ΑΣ|Ι|Λ: ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειος. Border of dots.
Σφραγὶς Βασιλείου
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡ
ΓΙΣΣΙ
ΛΕΙΕΠΙ
ΣΚΟΠΟΥ
ΤΙΝ
ἐπισκόπου Τίνου
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5008 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 57.1a. |
Translation
Σφραγὶς Βασιλείου ἐπισκόπου Τίνου.
Seal of Basil, bishop of Tenos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, south of Asia Minor
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- 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
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- Les îles de l'empire byzantin
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 2: N - Sphragis
Commentary
Two six-syllable verses. Cf. DO Seals 1, no. 52.1 and 57.3.
Tenos, an island, a suffragan bishopric of Rhodes, is attested as such in all the notitiae. It seems that it was also a military center, for we know the seal of one topoteretes of Tenos (SBS 2 [1990] 256; Zacos-Veglery, no. 1708). See Laurent, Corpus V/3, 122; Fedalto, 223; Malamut, Iles, 213, 312.