Theophylaktos bishop of the Tourkoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Demetrios, holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |Δ|ΗΜ.|Τ|Ρ,: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημ[ή]τρ(ιος). Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of St. Demetrios, holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |Δ|ΗΜ.|Τ|Ρ,: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημ[ή]τρ(ιος). Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
.ΚΕ,Θ,
ΘΕΟΦΥΛΑ,
.ΠΙΣΚΟ
.ΤΡ
.Ν
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Θεοφυλά(κτῳ) [ἐ]πισκό[π]ῳ Τούρ[κ]ων
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.186 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 26.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Θεοφυλάκτῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Τούρκων.
Lord, help Theophylaktos bishop of the Tourkoi.
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)
Commentary
This bishopric, established in the last quarter of the tenth century, ministered to the spiritual life of nomadic peoples (Tourkoi = Hungarians) settled in the region of the Axios/Vardar River in Macedonia. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, 346; N. Oikonomides, "Vardariotes - W.l.nd.r - V.n.nd.r: Hongrois installés dans le vallée du Vardar en 934," Südost-Forschungen 32 (1973) 1-9; and H. Göckenjian, "Forschungsberichte zur Geschichte der Türkvölker im Mittelalter, I. Die Vardarioten," Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 21 (1973) 423-41.