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John metropolitan of Klaudioupolis (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. John Chrysostom holding a book in his left hand. Visible at right: |σο|.|τ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ] Χρ(υ)σό[σ]τ(ομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

κ̅εR,θ,
τσ
ι̅ω̅οΠΟ
λ,κλαΥΔΙ
ουπολ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Ἰω(άννῃ) μη(τ)ροπολ(ίτῃ) Κλαυδιουπόλ(εως)

Obverse

Bust of St. John Chrysostom holding a book in his left hand. Visible at right: |σο|.|τ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ] Χρ(υ)σό[σ]τ(ομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

κ̅εR,θ,
τσ
ι̅ω̅οΠΟ
λ,κλαΥΔΙ
ουπολ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Ἰω(άννῃ) μη(τ)ροπολ(ίτῃ) Κλαυδιουπόλ(εως)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2127
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 7.3c.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μητροπολίτῃ Κλαυδιουπόλεως.

Lord, help your servant John, metropolitan of Klaudioupolis.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1955.1.4816 are very similar but do not come from the same boulloterion because this seal is larger. They are otherwise identical. Also compare with BZS.1955.1.4815.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (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)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)