Michael Bouches, (metropolitan) of Methymna (twelfth century)
Obverse
The Virgin standing, holding Christ. On either side part of an inscription visible: |Η|.|.ΘΥ̅|ΣΙ|.|..|..: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ ἡ Βασιώτισσα. No border visible.
Obverse
The Virgin standing, holding Christ. On either side part of an inscription visible: |Η|.|.ΘΥ̅|ΣΙ|.|..|..: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ ἡ Βασιώτισσα. No border visible.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
..ΧΗΝ
ΜΙΜΗΘΥ
ΣΑΓΝ.
ΣΚΕΠΟΙ
Βουχῆν Μιχαὴλ Μηθύμνης, Ἁγνή, σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.916 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 52.2. |
Translation
Βουχῆν Μιχαὴλ Μηθύμνης, Ἁγνή, σκέποις.
Pure one, may you protect Michael Bouches, (metropolitan) of Methmyna.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, south of Asia Minor
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Les îles de l'empire byzantin
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon
- Sfragistika
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 1: A - M
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic.
Methymna (Molybos), the second most important city of the island of Lesbos, is listed in the notitiae as an archbishopric; some time between 1072 (REB 18 [1960] 57) and 1084/1085 (ibid., 68), it was raised to the rank of metropolis, probably close to 1080. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 622, 646; Fedalto, 213-15; Malamut, Iles, 232, 275, 356, 370.