Stylianos archbishop of Caesarea and synkellos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Basil; details indistinct. Inscription in two columns: ο|R|α-σ|ι|λ : Ὁ (ἅγιος) Βασίλ(ειος). Traces of a circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.
σδλ
[Κύριε βοήθει τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Bust of St. Basil; details indistinct. Inscription in two columns: ο|R|α-σ|ι|λ : Ὁ (ἅγιος) Βασίλ(ειος). Traces of a circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.
σδλ
[Κύριε βοήθει τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
στυ
λιαναρ,
επισκ,π,
καισαρ,
Sσυγκε
–λλ–
Στυλιανῷ ἀρχ(ι)επισκ(ό)π(ῳ) Καισαρ(είας) (καὶ) συγκέλλ(ῳ)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5389 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 41.2. Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1687 (X-XI c.). |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στυλιανῷ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Καισαρείας καὶ συγκέλλῳ.
Lord, help your servant Stylianos, archbishop of Caesarea and synkellos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Dated Greek Miniscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent was right to suggest that the owner of the present seal might well be Stylianos of Caesarea, attested in 1049 (K. and S. Lake, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200 IX [Boston, 1945], pl. 362).