The bishop of Novgorod (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Theologian holding book. Inscription in two columns: Ο|Ι̅|ΟΘ.|Ο|ΛΟ|Γ|Ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Theologian holding book. Inscription in two columns: Ο|Ι̅|ΟΘ.|Ο|ΛΟ|Γ|Ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΑΓΝΕ
ΣΚΕΠΟΙΣΜ
.ΤΟΝΘΥΤ
ΝΕΥΟΓΡΑ
ΔΝ
Ἁγνὲ σκέποις με τὸν θύτην Νευβογράδων
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5570 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 84.1b. |
Translation
Ἁγνὲ σκέποις με τὸν θύτην Νευβογράδων.
Holy one, protect me, the bishop of Novgorod.
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 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Chronologie ecclésiastique des terres russes du Xe au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- L’organisation diocésaine de la Russie (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This specimen comes from the same boulloterion as 1958.106.3623. See the commentary to that entry.