Manuel Xiphilinos (twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the Gospels. Sigla: ο||γι|ο|σν|ι|κο|λ|οσ : ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the Gospels. Sigla: ο||γι|ο|σν|ι|κο|λ|οσ : ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
γρσ
σργι
μνουηλ
Ξιιλι
νου
γραφὰς σφραγίζω Μανουὴλ Ξιφιλίνου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5403 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 439. |
Translation
γραφὰς σφραγίζω Μανουὴλ Ξιφιλίνου.
I seal the letters of Manuel Xiphilinos.
Commentary
Very little is known of this Manuel Xiphilinos who was a contemporary of the Patriarch George II Xiphilinos (1191-1198).