Demetrios Eugeneianos (twelfth/thirteenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. Epigraphy on either side: ̅θυ̅: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. Epigraphy on either side: ̅θυ̅: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
γρν̣
σργισμοι
κεψυχησυλ̣
γιευγε
σΔημ̣
τ̣ρ̣ι.ο..
γραφῶν σφραγὶς μοι κε ψυχῆς φύλαξ γίνου Εὐγενειανῷ σῷ Δημ[η]τρίῳ, [κ]ό[ρη]
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1424 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Bulles métriques, no. 612; cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 555. |
Translation
γραφῶν σφραγὶς μοι κε ψυχῆς φύλαξ γίνου Εὐγενειανῷ σῷ Δημητρίῳ, κόρη.
Virgin, be the seal of the letters and the guardian of the soul of Demetrios Eugeneianos.
Bibliography
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
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