Manuel Xiphilinos (twelfth century)

Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the Gospels. Sigla: ο||γι|ο|σν|ι|κο|λ|οσ : ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


γρσ
σργι
μνουηλ
Ξιιλι
νου 

γραφὰς σφραγίζω Μανουὴλ Ξιφιλίνου

Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the Gospels. Sigla: ο||γι|ο|σν|ι|κο|λ|οσ : ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


γρσ
σργι
μνουηλ
Ξιιλι
νου 

γραφὰς σφραγίζω Μανουὴλ Ξιφιλίνου

Accession number	BZS.1958.106.5403
Diameter	26.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm
Previous Editions	Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 439.

γραφὰς σφραγίζω Μανουὴλ Ξιφιλίνου.

I seal the letters of Manuel Xiphilinos.

Very little is known of this Manuel Xiphilinos who was a contemporary of the Patriarch George II Xiphilinos (1191-1198).

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