Anonymous (eleventh century)
Obverse
The Virgin holding a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̣̅Θ̣̅. : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Virgin holding a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̣̅Θ̣̅. : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Border of dots.
Reverse
The Archangel Michael wearing a chlamys with a tablion, holding a scepter with a trefoil tip in his right hand and a globus held up high in his left. No surviving inscription. Border of dots.
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3429 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 7, no. 9.1 (dated to the mid-eleventh century). |
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)