Nikephoros Mesanyktes, spatharokandidatos and topoteretes (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Sigla on either side: |νι|κολ|ο|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Sigla on either side: |νι|κολ|ο|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross. Decorations above and below. Border of dots.
νηκη
.ορ,σπθ
κ̣νˊτο
ποτηριτˊ
ομεσν̣.
κτη.
Νηκη[φ]όρ(ος) σπαθ(αρο)κανδ(ι)δ(ᾶτος) (καὶ) τοποτηριτ(ὴς) ὁ Μεσαν[ύ]κτη[ς]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.561 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm; field: 26.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Νηκηφόρος σπαθαροκανδιδᾶτος καὶ τοποτηριτὴς ὁ Μεσανύκτης.
Nikephoros Mesanyktes, spatharokandidatos and topoteretes.
Bibliography
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
For further references to the family name Mesanyktes, see Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2723. See also Laurent, Orghidan, no. 453; and PBW : Nikephoros 20225.