George metropolitan of Trebizond (eleventh century)
Obverse
The Virgin standing, holding Christ on her right arm. Inscription in two columns, tentatively read: .|ρ|η|α-γιο|.ορ|τι|σ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ] ἡ Ἁγιο[σ]ορ(ί)τισ(σα). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
κεR
γεοργι
μπ.πολι
τητ.απε
ζντ
[Θ(εοτό)]κε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Γεωργίῳ μ(ητ)ρ[ο]πολίτῃ Τ[ρ]απεζοῦντ(ος)
Obverse
The Virgin standing, holding Christ on her right arm. Inscription in two columns, tentatively read: .|ρ|η|α-γιο|.ορ|τι|σ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ] ἡ Ἁγιο[σ]ορ(ί)τισ(σα). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
κεR
γεοργι
μπ.πολι
τητ.απε
ζντ
[Θ(εοτό)]κε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Γεωργίῳ μ(ητ)ρ[ο]πολίτῃ Τ[ρ]απεζοῦντ(ος)
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4999 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 15.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 39.2. Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1758. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γεωργίῳ μητροπολίτῃ Τραπεζοῦντος.
Mother of God, help George, metropolitan of Trebizond.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
- Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of the epithet of the Virgin on the obverse is possible but is at variance with the representation: the Hagiosoritissa normally is turned and raises her hands towards the hand of God (or the medallion of the Christ child) and does not hold the child as on this seal. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, nos. 599, 614; V/2, no. 1431.