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Nikephoros Spanopoulos protonotarios of the Armeniakoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Indistinct bust of a young bearded saint. Traces of a letter visible at left: Ὁ ἅ(γιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No border visible.

νι.ηφ,
ν...ρ,τ
..αρμ.
..σπαν
που

Νι[κ]ηφ(όρος) [(πρωτο)]ν[οτά]ρ(ιος) τ[ῶν] Ἀρμ[ενι(ακῶν) ὁ] Σπαν[ό]που[λ(ος)]

Obverse

Indistinct bust of a young bearded saint. Traces of a letter visible at left: Ὁ ἅ(γιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No border visible.

νι.ηφ,
ν...ρ,τ
..αρμ.
..σπαν
που

Νι[κ]ηφ(όρος) [(πρωτο)]ν[οτά]ρ(ιος) τ[ῶν] Ἀρμ[ενι(ακῶν) ὁ] Σπαν[ό]που[λ(ος)]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3586
Diameter 30.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.35.

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

Translation

Νικηφόρος πρωτονοτάριος τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν ὁ Σπανωόπουλος.

Nikephoros Spanopoulos, protonotarios of the Armeniakoi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (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)
  • Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)