Symeon bishop of Ioannitza (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John Prodromos holding a long cross. Inscription in two columns: |Ι̅|Δ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) [ὁ] Πρ(ό)δ(ρομος). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. John Prodromos holding a long cross. Inscription in two columns: |Ι̅|Δ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) [ὁ] Πρ(ό)δ(ρομος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.
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ΣΥΜΕΟ,
ΕΠΙΣΚ.
ΠΙΑΝ
ΙΤ⸊ΙΣ
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Συμεὸ(ν) ἐπίσκ[ο]π(ος) Ἰωανίτζις
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3120 |
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Diameter | 32.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 66.1; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 690. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2290. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Συμεὸν ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωανίτζις.
Symeon, bishop of Ioannitza.
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)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This is a twelve syllable verse.
The site is uncertain; in the Notitiae the see is listed as a suffragan bishopric of Philippoupolis of Thrace. It was created before 879 and disappeared after 1339. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 521-22.