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Nicholas bishop of Monembasia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
ΝΙΚΟΛΑ


Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Νικολάῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΕΠΙΣΚΟ
ΠΜΟΝΟ
ΑΣΙΑ
Σ

ἐπισκόπῳ Μονοβασιᾶς

Obverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
ΝΙΚΟΛΑ


Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Νικολάῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΕΠΙΣΚΟ
ΠΜΟΝΟ
ΑΣΙΑ
Σ

ἐπισκόπῳ Μονοβασιᾶς

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4664
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 31.3b. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 580.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Μονοβασιᾶς.

Lord, help your servant Nicholas bishop of Monembasia.

Commentary

See the commentary to BZS 1951.31.5.1407.

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)
  • Byzantine Monemvasia: The Sources (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Synodikon de l’orthodoxie: Édition et commentaire (Open in Zotero)