John (metropolitan) of Serres (twelfth century)
Obverse
In center above, bust of Christ blessing two standing saints turned toward each other. Left, a beardless St. George; right, a bearded St. Theodore, both with heads upturned and hands raised. Before each saint a shield propped against a short spear. Vertical inscription at left: |ΓΕ||Ρ|.: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώρ[γ(ιος)]. On right: |ΘΕ|Οˊ|ΡΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδ(ω)ρος. Border of dots.
Obverse
In center above, bust of Christ blessing two standing saints turned toward each other. Left, a beardless St. George; right, a bearded St. Theodore, both with heads upturned and hands raised. Before each saint a shield propped against a short spear. Vertical inscription at left: |ΓΕ||Ρ|.: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώρ[γ(ιος)]. On right: |ΘΕ|Οˊ|ΡΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδ(ω)ρος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
ΓΡΦΝ
ΣΦΡΓΙΣΜ
ΤΣΕΡΡΝ
Ι̅
γραφῶν σφράγισμα τοῦ Σερρῶν Ἰω(άννου)
Accession number | BZS 1947.2.153 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 42.4. See also Laurent, Bulles métriques, no. 616; republished in Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 779; and Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 583. |
Translation
γραφῶν σφράγισμα τοῦ Σερρῶν Ἰωάννου.
Seal of the letters of John, (metropolitan) of Serres.
Bibliography
- 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 (Open in Zotero)
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)