John proedros (= metropolitan) of Corfou (eleventh/twelfth century)
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5031 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Field diameter | 19 mm |
| Condition | Cracked along channel (obv.) and punctured on both sides. |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 5.4. |
Obverse
Saints Peter and Paul standing; details indistinct. On one side the inscription: |Π:; Ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος. On the right side: |ΠΑ: ὁ ἅγιος Παῦλος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΣΠΡΟ
ΕΔΡΚΕ.
ΚΥΡΝ
ΙΩ
Σφραγὶς προέδρου Κερκύρων Ἰωάννου
Translation
Σφραγὶς προέδρου Κερκύρων Ἰωάννου.
Seal of John, metropolitan of Corfou.
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5031 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Field diameter | 19 mm |
| Condition | Cracked along channel (obv.) and punctured on both sides. |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 5.4. |
Bibliography
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals
- Les îles de l'empire byzantin
- Sceaux byzantins du musée de Constantinople
- Recherches sur l'administration de l'empire byzantin aux IX-XIème siècles
- Byzance et la mer: La marine de guerre, la politique et les institutions maritimes de Byzance aux VIIe–VXe siècles
- Nikopolis und Kephallenia
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- 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
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic. Laurent published two separate specimens that probably came from the same boulloterion: the present one (no. 1794) which he dated to the late 12th century, and another from Vienna (no. 866), which he dated to the early 11th. We feel that the present specimen dates from the late 11th/early 12th century, for which reason we assume that John's official title must have been that of metropolitan.