John poimen (= metropolitan) of Myra (twelfth/thirteenth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding the book. On either side the inscription: |ΝΙ|ΚΟΛΑ|ΟΣ: ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding the book. On either side the inscription: |ΝΙ|ΚΟΛΑ|ΟΣ: ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ΙΑΝΝ
ΣΦΡΑΣΜΑ
ΠΟΙΜΕΝΟΣ
ΜΥΡΝ
Ἰωάννου σφράγισμα ποιμένος Μύρων
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.2050 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 72.4; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 509. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1046. |
Translation
Ἰωάννου σφράγισμα ποιμένος Μύρων.
Seal of John, metropolitan of Myra.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Sur les variations numériques des évêchés byzantins (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic.