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Basil (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand. On either side, epigrapy: ||η : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βα[σίλ]η(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ασι
λονΦυ
ατεσον
λατριΝ̣
μακαΡ̣

Βασίλ(ει)ον φύ[λ]ατ(τ)ε σὸν λάτριν, μάκαρ

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand. On either side, epigrapy: ||η : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βα[σίλ]η(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ασι
λονΦυ
ατεσον
λατριΝ̣
μακαΡ̣

Βασίλ(ει)ον φύ[λ]ατ(τ)ε σὸν λάτριν, μάκαρ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.800
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 14.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 185.

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

Translation

Βασίλειον φύλαττε σὸν λάτριν, μάκαρ.

Blessed one, protect your servant Basil.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)