John bishop of Prainetos (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription.
+ΘΚΕΟΗΘΤΣΔ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription.
+ΘΚΕΟΗΘΤΣΔ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+ΙΑ
ΝΗΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠ ΠΡΕ
ΝΕΤ
Ἰωάννῃ ἐπισκόπῳ Πρενέτου
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4649 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm; field: 15.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 85.1. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ ἐπισκόπῳ Πρενέτου.
Mother of God, help your servant John, bishop of Prainetos.
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)
- Syntagma tōn theiōn kai hierōn kanonōn tōn te hagiōn kai paneuphēmōn apostolōn (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The first datable mention of the see (today Karamüsel) is in 553, and it is mentioned in all notitiae until the thirteenth century (Laurent, Corpus V/2, 277). A bishop was effectively there in 1170 (Rhallès-Potlès III, 442).