Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Thomas offering a blessing with his right hand and holding a scroll in his left. Sigla visible at left: |θ|ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θο[μάς]. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Thomas offering a blessing with his right hand and holding a scroll in his left. Sigla visible at left: |θ|ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θο[μάς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
.σρ
.ισειι
τ̣γρ
λεπν
οη
[οὗ] σφρα[γ]ίς εἰμι τὴν γραφ(ὴν) βλέπ(ων) νόη
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.246 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm; field: 14.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1708. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων νόη.
Find out whose seal I am by looking at the letter.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)