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Theophylaktos bishop of the Tourkoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Demetrios, holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |Δ|ΗΜ.|Τ|Ρ,: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημ[ή]τρ(ιος). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

.ΚΕ,Θ,
ΘΕΟΦΥΛΑ,
.ΠΙΣΚΟ
.ΤΡ
.Ν

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Θεοφυλά(κτῳ) [ἐ]πισκό[π]ῳ Τούρ[κ]ων

Obverse

Bust of St. Demetrios, holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |Δ|ΗΜ.|Τ|Ρ,: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημ[ή]τρ(ιος). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

.ΚΕ,Θ,
ΘΕΟΦΥΛΑ,
.ΠΙΣΚΟ
.ΤΡ
.Ν

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Θεοφυλά(κτῳ) [ἐ]πισκό[π]ῳ Τούρ[κ]ων

Accession number BZS.1947.2.186
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 26.1.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Θεοφυλάκτῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Τούρκων.

Lord, help Theophylaktos bishop of the Tourkoi.

Commentary

This bishopric, established in the last quarter of the tenth century, ministered to the spiritual life of nomadic peoples (Tourkoi = Hungarians) settled in the region of the Axios/Vardar River in Macedonia. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, 346; N. Oikonomides, "Vardariotes - W.l.nd.r - V.n.nd.r: Hongrois installés dans le vallée du Vardar en 934," Südost-Forschungen 32 (1973) 1-9; and H. Göckenjian, "Forschungsberichte zur Geschichte der Türkvölker im Mittelalter, I. Die Vardarioten," Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 21 (1973) 423-41.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)