Niketas proedros (=bishop) of Makre (twelfth century)
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a high-backed throne, holding medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΜΡ̅Θ̅Υ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a high-backed throne, holding medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΜΡ̅Θ̅Υ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, cross above. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡΑΓΙ.
ΝΙΚΗΤΑΤ
ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΥ
ΤΗΣΜΑ
ΚΡΗΣ
Σφραγὶς Νικήτα τοῦ προέδρου τῆς Μάκρης
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5022 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 56.2c. |
Translation
Σφραγὶς Νικήτα τοῦ προέδρου τῆς Μάκρης.
Seal of Niketas, bishop of Makre.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- La région des Rhodopes aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles: étude de géographie historique (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the commentary to BZS 1955.1.5021.