Kallistos bishop of Silandros (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
A patriarchal cross on three steps (x at first crossing; all bars end in pellets). Tendrils arising from the base to the top of the cross. Within a border of dots, remnants of a circular inscription:
οηθτσ..ου
[Κ(ύρι)ε β]οήθ(ει) τῷ σ[ῷ δ]ού(λῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
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καλισ
..επησ
κοπ,σι
λανδ.
– · –
Καλίσ[τῳ] ἐπησκόπ(ῳ) Σιλάνδ[ου]
Obverse
A patriarchal cross on three steps (x at first crossing; all bars end in pellets). Tendrils arising from the base to the top of the cross. Within a border of dots, remnants of a circular inscription:
οηθτσ..ου
[Κ(ύρι)ε β]οήθ(ει) τῷ σ[ῷ δ]ού(λῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
– · –
καλισ
..επησ
κοπ,σι
λανδ.
– · –
Καλίσ[τῳ] ἐπησκόπ(ῳ) Σιλάνδ[ου]
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4653 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 25.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 34.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Καλίστῳ ἐπησκόπῳ Σιλάνδου.
Lord, help your servant Kallistos, bishop of Silandos.
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)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Silandos (Σίλανδος or Σιλανδός, modern [Kara–‘ Selendi, to the east of Sardeis in the valley of Hermos) was a bishopric suffragan to Sardeis, mentioned in all notitiae, from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries. Its first known bishop is attested in 325 and the last in 1351. See Le Quien, Oriens Christianus, I, 883-84; Zgusta, 566-67.