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Nicholas "keeper" of the imperial house of the Mangana (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on two steps with an X in the center of each transverse bar; from the base arise vine tendrils up to the first cross bar. Circular inscription. Border of dots.

...ΟΛΑΤΗΡΙΤΗ

[Νικ]ολάῳ τηριτῇ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded by a decoration. Border of dots.


ΤΑ
ΣΙΛΙΚΟΙ
Κ,ΤΝΑ.
ΓΆ..

τοῦ βασιλικοῦ οἴκ(ου) τῶν Μα[γ]γά[ν]ω[ν]

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on two steps with an X in the center of each transverse bar; from the base arise vine tendrils up to the first cross bar. Circular inscription. Border of dots.

...ΟΛΑΤΗΡΙΤΗ

[Νικ]ολάῳ τηριτῇ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded by a decoration. Border of dots.


ΤΑ
ΣΙΛΙΚΟΙ
Κ,ΤΝΑ.
ΓΆ..

τοῦ βασιλικοῦ οἴκ(ου) τῶν Μα[γ]γά[ν]ω[ν]

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1599
Diameter 29.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 25.7.

Translation

Νικολάῳ τηριτῇ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ οἴκου τῶν Μαγγάνων.

Nicholas, keeper of the imperial house of the Mangana.

Commentary

Presumably "keeper" is a substitute for "kourator." There is an accent mark over the alpha in the final line on the reverse.

The design of the seal suggests an earlier date than that listed in the printed catalogue, DO Seals 5 no. 25.7.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)