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Niketas Choniates (twelfth/thirteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, with Christ before her. Details indistinct. Sigla: μρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above and pellets below. Border of dots.


γρφσ
σργιζ
νικητχ
ντ


Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτα Χωνειάτου

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, with Christ before her. Details indistinct. Sigla: μρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above and pellets below. Border of dots.


γρφσ
σργιζ
νικητχ
ντ


Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτα Χωνειάτου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5737
Diameter 24.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 469 (citing previous editions).

Translation

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτα Χωνειάτου.

I seal the letters of Niketas Choniates.

Commentary

The seal of the famous historian Niketas Choniates (ca. 1155-1217).

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)