Athanasios monk and bishop of Parnassos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding Christ on her left arm. No sigla visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
+θκεRθ
θνσι
χSεπ,κ
π,πρν
σου
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἀθανασίῳ (μον)αχ(ῷ) (καὶ) ἐπ(ισ)κ(ό)π(ῳ) Παρνασοῦ
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding Christ on her left arm. No sigla visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
+θκεRθ
θνσι
χSεπ,κ
π,πρν
σου
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἀθανασίῳ (μον)αχ(ῷ) (καὶ) ἐπ(ισ)κ(ό)π(ῳ) Παρνασοῦ
| Accession number | BZS.1947.2.131 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 45.1. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 618 (listed by Laurent as Coll. Shaw, no. 1145). Laurent notes a similar specimen in the Seyrig Collection, but no such specimen is to be found in Seyrig. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἀθανασίῳ μοναχῷ καὶ ἐπισκόπῳ Παρνασοῦ.
Mother of God, help Athanasios, monk and bishop of Parnassos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Today Degirmenyolu (formerly Parlasan), to the east of the Tuz Gölü, the bishopric of Parnassos appears in the fourth century and is listed as a suffragan of Mokissos in Cappadocia III from the seventh to the thirteenth century (Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 1, l. 411; no. 13, l. 464). See Zgusta, 471; Hild-Restle, Kappadokien, 252-3; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 462-3. List of bishops in Fedalto, HEO I, 38.