Stephanos (metropolitan) of Kyzikos (twelfth century)
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a throne (indistinct) holding Christ on her lap; his right hand is raised in blessing. On either side the sigla (barely visible): ΘY: Μήτ(ηρ) Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a throne (indistinct) holding Christ on her lap; his right hand is raised in blessing. On either side the sigla (barely visible): ΘY: Μήτ(ηρ) Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
Ο
ΚΥΖΙΚ
ΕΦΑΝΟΣ
ΣΠΔΗΜΕ
ΓΡΑΦΙ
Ὁ Κυζίκου Στέφανος σπουδῇ με γράφι
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1211 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 53.9; Laurent, Corpus, V/1, no. 357. Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1557 (reading the placename as Lizikos). |
Translation
Ὁ Κυζίκου Στέφανος σπουδῇ με γράφι.
The (metropolitan) of Kyzikos, Stephen, has had me inscribed with care.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic. We disagree with the thirteenth-century date proposed by Laurent; on the basis of the epigraphy, we place this specimen a century earlier (note the endings of the oblique bars of Κ and the ligature on line 4).