John monk and archbishop of all Bulgaria (eleventh century)
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a high-backed throne with a round cushion, holding medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΘΥ: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a high-backed throne with a round cushion, holding medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΘΥ: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΘΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔΛ,
.̅ΜΟΝΑΧ,
ΑΡΧΙΕΠ.Σ
ΚΠΠΑΣΗ
ΛΓΑΡ,
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ) [Ἰ]ω(άννῃ) μοναχ(ῷ) (καὶ) ἀρχιεπ[ι]σκ(ό)πῳ πάση(ς) Βουλγαρ(ίας)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1035 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 29.6b. See also Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1494 (reading corrected in Corpus V/3 no. 2016). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μοναχῷ καὶ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ πάσης Βουλγαρίας.
Mother of God, help your servant John, monk and archbishop of all Bulgaria.
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)
- Der Patriarchat von Achrida; Geschichte und Urkunden (Open in Zotero)
- Theophylacti Archridensis Opera (Open in Zotero)
- Les duchés byzantins de Paristrion (Paradounavon) et de Bulgarie (Open in Zotero)
- Bolgarija i Vizantija v XI-XII vv. (Open in Zotero)
- L’évolution de l’organisation administrative de l’empire byzantin au XIe siècle (1025–1118) (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the commentary to the bettter preserved parallel specimen BZS 1958.106.5308 (linked to this entry).