Constantine (bishop) of Korone (twelfth century, second half)
Obverse
The Virgin standing, holding Christ. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. No border visible.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
.ΟΡΝΗΣ
ΕΥΤΕΛΟΥΣ
ΚΝΑΝ
ΤΙΝΟΥ
Σφραγῖς Κορώνης εὐτελοῦς Κωνσταντίνου
Obverse
The Virgin standing, holding Christ. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. No border visible.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
.ΟΡΝΗΣ
ΕΥΤΕΛΟΥΣ
ΚΝΑΝ
ΤΙΝΟΥ
Σφραγῖς Κορώνης εὐτελοῦς Κωνσταντίνου
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4001 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 28.2; see also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2504. |
Translation
Σφραγῖς Κορώνης εὐτελοῦς Κωνσταντίνου.
Seal of the unworthy Constantine, (bishop) of Korone.
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)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (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)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic.
The ancient Korone was situated near the modern village of Petalidi (Messenia); the medieval and modern town occupies the location of ancient Asine. The bishopric, given as a suffragan to Patras sometime between 802 and 806 (Σαρσοκορώνη: problematic name on which see M. Kordoses, "Ἡ ἀρχαία Ἀρκαδικὴ πόλη Κορώνη καὶ ἡ Βυζαντινὴ Σαρσοκορώνη," Δωδώνη 16/1 [1987] 243-52), appears for the first time in an episcopal list of the early 10th century (Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 7, line 552). A bishop of Korone is mentioned by Michael Psellos (MB V, 378). Later (14th c.) Korone will be attached to Monembasia. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 486; Fedalto, 499-500; ODB II, 1149-50.