The New Monastery of Kosmas Tzintziloukios (eleventh century)
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a throne, holding medallion of Christ before her and resting her feet on a suppedion. The throne, made entirely of cannonball design, with its four legs visible, has a high back and a round cushion with triple tassel at the end(s). Inscription: ̅ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a throne, holding medallion of Christ before her and resting her feet on a suppedion. The throne, made entirely of cannonball design, with its four legs visible, has a high back and a round cushion with triple tassel at the end(s). Inscription: ̅ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡΑΓ,
ΤΗΣΝΕΑΣ
ΜΟΝΗΣΤ
ΚΟΣΜΑΤ
ΤΙΤΙ
ΛΚΙ
Σφραγὶς τῆς Νέας Μονῆς τοῦ μοναχοῦ Κοσμᾶ τοῦ Τζιντζιλουκίου
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5073 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm; field: 14.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 60.1b. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Σφραγὶς τῆς Νέας Μονῆς τοῦ μοναχοῦ Κοσμᾶ τοῦ Τζιντζιλουκίου.
Seal of the New Monastery of the monk Kosmas Tzintziloukios.
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)
- Actes du Prôtaton (Open in Zotero)
- Actes d’Esphigménou (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal comes from the same boulloterion as BZS.1955.1.5074, but from a different boulloterion than the larger BZS.1951.31.5.2894. See the commentary to the latter entry.