Symeon monk (eleventh century)
Obverse
Faint image of two standing figures facing and greeting each other, likely Saints Peter and Paul. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Faint image of two standing figures facing and greeting each other, likely Saints Peter and Paul. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines with cross above. Border of dots.
ΛΟΓ.
ΣΦΡΑΓΙ.
ΣΥΜΕ.
ΜΟΝ,ΤΡ.
ΠΟΥ
Λόγους σφραγίζω Συμεὼν μονοτρόπου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3163 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1444. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Λόγους σφραγίζω Συμεὼν μονοτρόπου.
I seal the words of the solitary Symeon.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Note the poetic word Symeon uses to describe his monasticism, that he is μονότροπος, or a "solitary."