Dominikos Manios, eparch (twelfth/thirteenth century)
Obverse
The Mother of God standing with her hands upraised in prayer. On either side, epigraphy: ̅θυ̅: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Mother of God standing with her hands upraised in prayer. On either side, epigraphy: ̅θυ̅: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
σφργισ
επρχου
ομινικ
νιου
σφραγὶς ἐπάρχου Δομινίκου Μανίου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1361 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus II, no. 1044; see also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2430. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
σφραγὶς ἐπάρχου Δομινίκου Μανίου.
Seal of the eparch Dominikos Manios.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Known only from his seals, Dominikos Manios will have been a Latin who obtained the office of eparch either through long experience and assimilation in Constantinople or through connections with other Latins active in the Byzantine capital. See Wassiliou-Seibt's comments and further references, and PBW: Dominikos 20101.