Jerome archbishop of Mistheia (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΟΣ.|ΔΛΟ. Wreath Border.
Κύριε βοήθει το σο δούλο
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
+ΙΕΡΝ
ΥΜΡΧ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΣΘΙ
Ἱερονύμῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Μισθίας
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΟΣ.|ΔΛΟ. Wreath Border.
Κύριε βοήθει το σο δούλο
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
+ΙΕΡΝ
ΥΜΡΧ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΣΘΙ
Ἱερονύμῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Μισθίας
| Accession number | BZS.1947.2.178 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 92.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει το σο δούλο Ἱερονύμῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Μισθίας.
Lord, help your servant Jerome, archbishop of Mistheia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen
- Galatien und Lykaonien
Commentary
Mistheia (modern Beyşehir, southeast of Beyşehir Gölü and 72 km from Ikonion) was a suffragan of Ikonion that became an archbishopric in the ninth century (starting with Darrouzés, Notitiae, no. 2, line 81). See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 670; Zgusta, 386; Galatien und Lykaonien, 205-6.