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Dionysios monk and bishop of Stratonikeia (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Philip blessing and holding a scroll. On either side the inscription: |Φ|Ι|Λ|Π|ΠΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Φίλ(ι)ππος. Along the upper circumference, within a border of dots, a circular inscription:

ΚΕ,ΗΘ,ΤΣΔ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(ο)ήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.


ΔΙΟΝΟΙ
ΣΙΟΧ̅Ε
ΠΗΣΚΟΠ
ΣΤΡΤ,
ΝΙΚΙ

Διονοισίο (μον)αχ(ῷ) ἐπησκόπ(ῳ) Στρατ(ο)νικία(ς)

Obverse

Bust of St. Philip blessing and holding a scroll. On either side the inscription: |Φ|Ι|Λ|Π|ΠΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Φίλ(ι)ππος. Along the upper circumference, within a border of dots, a circular inscription:

ΚΕ,ΗΘ,ΤΣΔ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(ο)ήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.


ΔΙΟΝΟΙ
ΣΙΟΧ̅Ε
ΠΗΣΚΟΠ
ΣΤΡΤ,
ΝΙΚΙ

Διονοισίο (μον)αχ(ῷ) ἐπησκόπ(ῳ) Στρατ(ο)νικία(ς)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1483
Diameter 26.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 108.2b; see also Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 373. Cf. Zacos, Seals II, no. 806 (illustrated as no. 807).

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Διονοισίο μοναχῷ ἐπησκόπῳ Στρατονικίας.

Lord, help your servant Dionysios, monk and bishop of Stratonikeia.

Commentary

On the seals of bishops from Stratonikeia, see the commentary to BZS 1958.106.60.

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 (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)