Basil bishop of Prousias (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Basil blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |R|Α-.|.|. : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βα[σίλ(ειος)]. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Basil blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |R|Α-.|.|. : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βα[σίλ(ειος)]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, preceded by a decoration.
κεR,θ,
τσδ,
.ασιλ.ι
.πισκ.π
πρου.α
- δοσ -
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) [Β]ασιλ[ε]ί(ῳ) [ἐ]πισκ(ό)π(ῳ) Πρου[σ(ι)]άδος
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4636 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 9.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλείῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Προυσιάδος.
Lord, help your servant Basil, bishop of Prousias.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
A parallel specimen is published in Konstantopoulos, no. 164 = Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 479.
Prousias (today Konuralp, formerly Üsküb) on the right bank of the Milan Çay, is attested as a suffragan bishopric of Klaudioupolis from the eighth to the thirteenth century (Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 3, l. 334; no. 13, l. 237). See Paphlagonien, 264-266; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 350. List of bishops in Fedalto, HEO I, 93.