Niketas chartoularios of the Schools of the West (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding both hands open before her. Sigla on both sides: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Traces of a circular inscription. Border of dots.
θκε.......σδλ,
Θ(εοτό)κε [βοήθει τῷ] σῷ δόυλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding both hands open before her. Sigla on both sides: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Traces of a circular inscription. Border of dots.
θκε.......σδλ,
Θ(εοτό)κε [βοήθει τῷ] σῷ δόυλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription in five lines; the final three letters between two horizontal bars.
νικη
χαρτλ
τονσκλ
τησδυ
σεο
Νική[τᾳ] χαρτουλ(αρίῳ) τον σκωλ(ῶν) τῆς Δύσεο(ς)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2905 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1 no. 1.12. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δόυλῳ Νικήτᾳ χαρτουλαρίῳ τον σχωλῶν τῆς Δύσεως.
Theotokos, help your servant Niketas chartoularios of the schools of the West.
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)
Commentary
In line 3, the engraver mistakenly inscribed "σκωλ" instead of "σχωλ"; the inscription of a κ instead of an χ is not at all unique, e.g. SBS 2 (1990), 204, 207.