John (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John Chrysostom holding the book and offering a blessing. Sigla on either side: |ι̅ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) (ὁ) Χρ(υσόστομος). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. John Chrysostom holding the book and offering a blessing. Sigla on either side: |ι̅ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) (ὁ) Χρ(υσόστομος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ΟΜΝΥ
ΜΣΡΑ
ΓΙΕΤΑΣ
ΓΡΑΑΣ
ΜΑΚΑΡ
ὁμωνύμου σφράγιζε τὰς γραφὰς, μάκαρ
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1498 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm; field: 12.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1646; note that she gives a different reading of the same seal in vol. I, no. 1354. The reading we give here is the correct one, based on comparison with the parallel cited in this entry. |
Translation
ὁμωνύμου σφράγιζε τὰς γραφὰς, μάκαρ
Βlessèd one, seal the letters of your namesake.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
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