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Theodore Kastamonites (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


εγκρ
τυντ.
.ρΦσθε.
ρ

Ἐγὼ κρατύνω τὰς γραφὰς Θεόδωρου

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

κστ
μονιτ̅
θενντ.
οχου

Κασταμονίτου μητρόθεν Ἀντιόχου

Obverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


εγκρ
τυντ.
.ρΦσθε.
ρ

Ἐγὼ κρατύνω τὰς γραφὰς Θεόδωρου

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

κστ
μονιτ̅
θενντ.
οχου

Κασταμονίτου μητρόθεν Ἀντιόχου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1616
Diameter 29.0 mm; field: 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 675.

Translation

Ἐγὼ κρατύνω τὰς γραφὰς Θεόδωρου Κασταμονίτου μητρόθεν Ἀντιόχου.

I secure the letters of Theodore Kastamonites, Antiochos on his mother's side.

Commentary

Wassiliou-Seibt correctly resolves the problem posed by this inscription in determining the owner's maternal line and his family name; the last two words form a seven-syllable hemistich and must be taken together. Theodore Kastamonites (ca. 1099-1166) is almost certainly to be identified as the brother of Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa, who married Andronikos Doukas Angelos and bore the emperor Isaac Angelos (1185-1195, 1203-1204).

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)