With the end of Iconoclasm in 843 figural religious imagery was again permitted on seals. The majority of Byzantines, however, were slow to resume the practice, showing a preference for a simple cross instead. Ninth-century letters are distinguished by their elongated forms and pronounced serifs.
Image Sources
- Seal of John, patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and logothetes of the stratiotikon (ninth century). BZS.1958.106.2243
- Seal of Nicholas, imperial episkeptites, kourator, and oikonomos of the Great Church (ninth century, last third). BZS.1955.1.4923
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