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Anonymous (twelfth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Τhe Virgin orans with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla preserved at right: Θ̅: [Μ(ήτηρ)] Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

St John Chrysostom blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|ΙΟ̣|̣|Μ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Χρ(υσόστο)μ(ος)

Obverse

Τhe Virgin orans with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla preserved at right: Θ̅: [Μ(ήτηρ)] Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

St John Chrysostom blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|ΙΟ̣|̣|Μ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Χρ(υσόστο)μ(ος)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3382
Diameter 16.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 10.88.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 7: The Iconographic Seals (Open in Zotero)