Nicholas bishop of Chios (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas holding the book and blessing. On either side, the inscription: |Ν|ΙΚ|Ο|Λ,: ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas holding the book and blessing. On either side, the inscription: |Ν|ΙΚ|Ο|Λ,: ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
ΓΙΕ
ΝΙΚΟΛ,
ΟΗΘˋΝΙΚ,
ΛΕΠΙ.
ΚΟΠΧ.
ΟΥ
Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει Νικολάῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Χίου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.275 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm; field: 12.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 41.7. |
Translation
Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει Νικολάῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Χίου
St. Nicholas, help Nicholas, bishop of Chios.
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 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Μελέται περὶ τῆς διοικητικῆς διαιρέσεως καὶ τῆς ἐπαρχιακῆς διοικήσεως ἐν τῷ βυζαντινῷ κράτει (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The bishopric of Chios, a suffragan of Rhodes, is attested from the fourth century. The eleventh-century foundation of Nea Moni was a major event in the ecclesiastical history of the island.