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The Virgin (named) Daphnin (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Μ̅Θ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. On either side the inscription. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines, a cross above and a decoration below. Border of dots.


ΗΘΚΟΣ
ΤΟΔΑ
ΦΝΙΝ

Ἡ Θεοτόκος τὸ Δαφνίν

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Μ̅Θ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. On either side the inscription. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines, a cross above and a decoration below. Border of dots.


ΗΘΚΟΣ
ΤΟΔΑ
ΦΝΙΝ

Ἡ Θεοτόκος τὸ Δαφνίν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5216
Diameter 16.0 mm; field: 12.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 11.1b.
Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1244, who published three more specimens.

Translation

Ἡ Θεοτόκος τὸ Δαφνίν.

The Theotokos (named) Daphnin.

Commentary

See the commentary to the entry for BZS 1955.1.5056, a parallel specimen from the same boulloterion.

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)
  • Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
  • La géographie ecclésiastique de l’empire byzantin, vol. 2, Les églises et les monastères des grands centres byzantins (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)