Euthymios poimen (= metropolitan) of Patrai in Hellas (twelfth century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ΕΥΘΥΜΙ
.ΥΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
.ΑΠΑΤΡΩ.
ΠΟΙΜΕΝΟΣ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ΤΩΝΕ
ΛΛΑΔΙΚΩΝ
ΟΥΧΙΤΩ
ΚΑΤΩΤ.
ΡΩ
Εὐθυμίου σφράγισμα Πατρῶν ποιμένος
τῶν Ἑλλαδικῶν, οὐχὶ τῶν κατωτέρω
Obverse
Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ΕΥΘΥΜΙ
.ΥΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
.ΑΠΑΤΡΩ.
ΠΟΙΜΕΝΟΣ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ΤΩΝΕ
ΛΛΑΔΙΚΩΝ
ΟΥΧΙΤΩ
ΚΑΤΩΤ.
ΡΩ
Εὐθυμίου σφράγισμα Πατρῶν ποιμένος
τῶν Ἑλλαδικῶν, οὐχὶ τῶν κατωτέρω
| Accession number | BZS 1958.106.52 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 35.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 18.1; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 763. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 810. |
Translation
Εὐθυμίου σφράγισμα Πατρῶν ποιμένος τῶν Ἑλλαδικῶν, οὐχὶ τῶν κατωτέρω.
Seal of Euthymios metropolitan of Patrai, the one in Hellas, not the one down south.
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)
- Le Peloponnese byzantin jusqu’en 1204 (Open in Zotero)
- Μολυβδόβουλλα με γνωστή προέλευση από τις συλλογές του Νομισματικού Μουσείου Αθηνών (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The inscription consists of two twelve-syllable verses, the second pointing out that Euthymios was metropolitan of Neai Patrai (today Hypate) in the theme of Hellas, not to be confused with the Patrai "down south" in the Peloponnese (cf. Bon, Péloponnèse, 159, 160).
On the bishopric of Neai Patrai, see Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 4, line 491(?), and no. 7, line 685; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 581; Avramea, 199-201; Koder-Hild, Hellas, 223-24; Fedalto, 467-68.