(John) protoproedros (of the protosynkelloi and metropolitan) of Side (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding the labarum and the globus. On either side the inscription: Μ|ΙΧ|Α: Μιχαήλ. Border of dots between two linear borders.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots between two linear borders.
ΟΡΑ
ΣΦΡΑΓΙ
ΔΑΠΡΤΟ
ΠΡΟΕΔΡ
ΣΙΔΗΣ
Ὅρα σφραγίδα πρωτοπροέδρου Σίδης
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding the labarum and the globus. On either side the inscription: Μ|ΙΧ|Α: Μιχαήλ. Border of dots between two linear borders.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots between two linear borders.
ΟΡΑ
ΣΦΡΑΓΙ
ΔΑΠΡΤΟ
ΠΡΟΕΔΡ
ΣΙΔΗΣ
Ὅρα σφραγίδα πρωτοπροέδρου Σίδης
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1333 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 78.3a. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ὅρα σφραγίδα πρωτοπροέδρου Σίδης.
Behold the seal of the protoproedros of Side.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (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)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic. John of Side as protoproedros of the protosynkelloi, a title that he received in 1071. It was not necessary for him to spell out his name because he was the only protoproedros of the protosynkelloi. See the commentary for BZS 1955.1.4845.
Side (today Selimiye, previously also called Eski Antalya, at 7 km from Manavgat) was a major late antique city, metropolis of Pamphylia first attested in 451, and appearing as such in all notitiae from the 7th century onward. The city declined after the 7th century and was seemingly abandoned in the 11th, probably in favor of Attaleia (which, from bishopric, became [1084] metropolis), but "titular" metropolitans of Side continued being appointed. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 293-94; Fedalto, 238; Brandes, Städte, 102-3; ODB III, 1892.