John (metropolitan) of Amaseia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of three lines. Border of dots.
τα
μασει
ασ
τοῦ Ἀμασείας
Reverse
Inscription of three lines. Border of dots.
ησφρ,
γισι
ανν
ἡ σφρ(α)γὶς Ἰωάννου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1313 |
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Diameter | 16.0 mm; field: 11.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 23.2b; see also Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 419. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
τοῦ Ἀμασείας ἡ σφραγὶς Ἰωάννου.
The seal of John (metropolitan) of Amaseia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- The Anonymous Seal (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal comes from the same boulloterion as BZS.1958.106.300; see the commentary to that entry.