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George archbishop of Euripos (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George, indistinct. Part of an inscription visible on either side: Γ|.|Ρ|Γ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, decoration below. Border of dots.

ΓΕΡ
ΓΙΑΡΧΙ
ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΕΥΡΙΠ

Γεωργίῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Εὐρίπου

Obverse

Bust of St. George, indistinct. Part of an inscription visible on either side: Γ|.|Ρ|Γ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, decoration below. Border of dots.

ΓΕΡ
ΓΙΑΡΧΙ
ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΕΥΡΙΠ

Γεωργίῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Εὐρίπου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.358
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 14.1.
Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1826.

Translation

Γεωργίῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Εὐρίπου.

George archbishop of Euripos.

Commentary

Ancient and modern Chalkis on Euboia. The bishopric was first known as Chalkis, then, from 869 onward, as Euripos, a name appearing in all notitae episcopatuum. A bishopric in 943, Euripos was promoted to the rank of archbishopric during the 11th century (this seal), but then was demoted back to the rank of bishopric once more at the beginning of the reign of Alexios I. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 45; Koder-Hild, Hellas, 156-58; Fedalto, 497-98; Lihačev, Molivdovuly, 158, pl. LXVIII, no. 6.

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)
  • Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
  • Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)