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John Karianites (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Demetrios. Sigla: Τ|Ρ,Ο|Σ: [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημή]τρ(ι)ος. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with a decoration above. No visible border.


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Σφραγὶς ωάννου το Καριανίτου

Obverse

Bust of St. Demetrios. Sigla: Τ|Ρ,Ο|Σ: [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημή]τρ(ι)ος. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with a decoration above. No visible border.


ΣΦΡ
.̅ΤΟ
.ΡΙ.
ΝΙΤ

Σφραγὶς ωάννου το Καριανίτου

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3999
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

Translation

Σφραγὶς Ἰωάννου τοῦ Καριανίτου.

This is the seal of John Karianites.

Commentary

Apart from the seals in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection listed below this specimen has two parallels in other collections (Athens 643 and Iambol Historical Museum 4829). These parallels, along with other types bearing the name of John Karianites and possibly belonging to the same person, are listed in Jordanov, Corpus II, pp. 190-191.

Bibliography

  • Corpus of Byzantine Seals from Bulgaria (Open in Zotero)
  • Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel mit Familiennamen aus der Sammlung des Numismatischen Museums Athen (Open in Zotero)
  • Mélanges d’archéologie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
  • Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)