Niketas Choniates (twelfth/thirteenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, with Christ before her. Sigla: μρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, with Christ before her. Sigla: μρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a cross above and pellets below. Border of dots.
γρφσ
σργιζ
νικητχ
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Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτα Χωνειάτου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5736 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 469. |
Translation
Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτα Χωνειάτου.
I seal the letters of Niketas Choniates.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal of the famous historian Niketas Choniates (ca. 1155-1217).