Michael bishop of Raidestos (twelfth century)
Obverse
Three figures: in center, the Virgin holding Christ. Left, a saint of uncertain identity (St. Akempsimas?) with arm outstretched. Right, St. Eudokimos accompanied by remains of his vertical inscription: ΚΙ|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Εὐδόκιμος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΠΑ
ΝΑΓΝΕ
ΡΑΙΔΕΣΤ
ΜΕΜΙΧΑΗΛ
ΣΚΕΠΟΙΣ
Πάναγνε Ῥαιδεστοῦ με Μιχαὴλ σκέποις
Obverse
Three figures: in center, the Virgin holding Christ. Left, a saint of uncertain identity (St. Akempsimas?) with arm outstretched. Right, St. Eudokimos accompanied by remains of his vertical inscription: ΚΙ|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Εὐδόκιμος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΠΑ
ΝΑΓΝΕ
ΡΑΙΔΕΣΤ
ΜΕΜΙΧΑΗΛ
ΣΚΕΠΟΙΣ
Πάναγνε Ῥαιδεστοῦ με Μιχαὴλ σκέποις
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.29 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 32.0 mm; field: 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 59.7b. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 310 (faulty reading, corrected in Corpus V/2, 455 and V/3, no. 1700bis). See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1755. |
Translation
Πάναγνε Ῥαιδεστοῦ με Μιχαὴλ σκέποις.
All-holy One, may you protect me, Michael of Raidestos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea
- Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, Propylaeum ad AASS Novembris
- La géographie ecclésiastique de l'empire byzantin, vol. 2, Les églises et les monastères des grands centres byzantins
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- History of the Byzantine State
- La Thrace orientale et la Mer Noire: Géographie ecclésiastique et prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe siècles)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 2: N - Sphragis
Commentary
The inscription is a twelve-syllable verse. Cf. Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 293. See the commentary to the better preserved parallel, BZS 1955.1.4994.