Accession number | BZS.1958.106.153 |
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Diameter | 19 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 31.2b. |
Obverse
A bust (of St. Nikephoros) holding a small martyr's cross. No inscription visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines with decoration above, the final two letters between bars. Border of dots.
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ΘΚΕ,Θ,
ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡ
.ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΕΛΕ.
ΣΔ,
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Βελεβουσδίου
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Βελεβουσδίου.
Theotokos, help Nikephoros bishop of Belebouzdion.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.153 |
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Diameter | 19 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 31.2b. |
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.153 |
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Diameter | 19 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 31.2b. |
Commentary
This specimen is very similar but comes from a different boulloterion than BZS.1951.31.5.215.
As Laurent suggested, it is not impossible that the owner of this seal is Nikephoros of Belebouzdion who signed codex Coislin 72 in 1071-72: R. Devreesse, Le fonds Coislin, 64.
Belebouzdion, the Slavic name of modern Köstendil, was a suffragan bishopric of Ohrid. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/2, 329.