Theodosios monk and patriarch of Antioch (1057–after 1059)
Obverse
Bust of the prophet Elias with hands upraised. Inscription in two columns: Ο|ΠΡ|ΦΗ : Ὁ πρ(ο)φ(ήτης) Ἠ[λί(α)ς]. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the prophet Elias with hands upraised. Inscription in two columns: Ο|ΠΡ|ΦΗ : Ὁ πρ(ο)φ(ήτης) Ἠ[λί(α)ς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
ΘΕΟΟΣΙ
ΜΟΝΑΧϗ
Π̅Ρ̅ΙΑΡΧΙ
ΑΝΤΙΟΧ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [Θ]εοδοσίῳ μοναχ(ῷ) (καὶ) π(ατ)ριάρχι Ἀντιοχ(είας)
Accession number | BZS 1958.106.5668 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 16.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 9.15b. Parallel specimens published in Laurent, Corpus 5.2: no. 152, Zacos, Seals II, no. 57a, and Cheynet, “Sceaux byzantins,” no. 64. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδοσίῳ μοναχῷ καὶ πατριάρχι Ἀντιοχείας.
Lord, help Theodosios monk and patriarch of Antioch.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins des Musées d’Antioche et de Tarse (Open in Zotero)
- Le patriarcat et les patriarches d’Antioche sous la seconde domination byzantine, 969–1084 (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Das byzantinische Bleisiegel als Kunstwerk: Katalog zur Ausstellung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The owner of this seal was probably Theodosios III Chrysoberges, patriarch from before 30 August 1057 until well after 4 April 1059 (Grumel, “Patriarcat,” 142–44). Other seals of Theodosios are published by Laurent, Corpus 5.2: nos. 1522–24; Corpus 5.3: no. 2021 (see below); Zacos, Seals II, nos. 57b, c, and d; Likhachev, Molivdovuly, p. 79 (no. LXI, 1); Seyrig, no. 234; and Seibt-Zarnitz, no. 5.1.7. One more appeared in the Sternberg Sale XXV (25–26 Nov. 1991), no. 489, as noted in SBS 3 (1993): 204.