(The monastery? of) the Theotokos Panagiotissa (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding a medallion of Christ. At left and right: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding a medallion of Christ. At left and right: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, the final letter between two horizontal bars. Indeterminate border.
τ..
Υπεραγ.
ασθ̅κ̅τ
παναγι
Τ[ῆς] Ὑπεραγ[ί]ας Θ(εοτό)κου τ(ῶν) Παναγίου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.223 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 52.1; Laurent, Corpus 5.2: no. 1170 (with misreading). |
Translation
Τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῶν Παναγίου.
(Seal of the monastery of) the most holy Theotokos Panagiotissa.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- La géographie ecclésiastique de l’empire byzantin, Vol. 1, Le siège de Constantinople et le patriarcat oecuménique, Pt. 3, Les églises et les monastères (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Fifteen-syllable verse. The reading of the final line is based on comparison with a similar (but not parallel) specimen published in Zacos, Seals II, no. 766.
Laurent suggests that originally the Theotokos Panagiotissa was a monastery of men. This seal and similar specimens establish that a structure of this name was in existence in the eleventh century. It was located on the side of a hill below the Phanar quarter. See Laurent, Corpus 5.2: 95, and Janin, Églises, 214.