George bishop of Korone (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding the medallion of Christ before her. No traces of the sigla remain. Within a border of dots, traces of a circular inscription: Δˊ
[Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σ]ῷ δ(ούλῳ)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding the medallion of Christ before her. No traces of the sigla remain. Within a border of dots, traces of a circular inscription: Δˊ
[Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σ]ῷ δ(ούλῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of four lines followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.
ΓΕΟ
ΓΙΕ
ΣΚΟΠ
ΚΟΡΟ
Γεο[ρ]γίῳ ἐ[πι]σκόπ(ῳ) Κορό[νης]
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.76 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 28.3. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 652. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεοργίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Κορόνης.
Mother of God, help your servant George bishop of Korone.
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)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The ancient Korone was situated near the modern village of Petalidi (Messenia); the medieval and modern town occupies the location of ancient Asine. The bishopric, given as a suffragan to Patras sometime between 802 and 806 (Σαρσοκορώνη: problematic name on which see M. Kordoses, "Ἡ ἀρχαία Ἀρκαδικὴ πόλη Κορώνη καὶ ἡ Βυζαντινὴ Σαρσοκορώνη," Δωδώνη 16/1 [1987] 243-52), appears for the first time in an episcopal list of the early 10th century (Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 7, line 552). A bishop of Korone is mentioned by Michael Psellos (MB V, 378). Later (14th c.) Korone will be attached to Monembasia. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 486; Fedalto, 499-500; ODB II, 1149-50.