John metropolitan of Melitene (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John Chrysostom blessing and holding a book. Inscription in two columns: |ιω|ο-|σο|τ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Χρ(υ)σό(σ)τ(ομος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+.ε
λεθ̅υ
μ̅ρπολι
τμελιτ
νησ
[Ἰ]ω(άννης) ἐλέῳ Θ(εο)ῦ μ(ητ)ροπολίτ(ης) Μελιτ(η)νῆς
Obverse
Bust of St. John Chrysostom blessing and holding a book. Inscription in two columns: |ιω|ο-|σο|τ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Χρ(υ)σό(σ)τ(ομος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+.ε
λεθ̅υ
μ̅ρπολι
τμελιτ
νησ
[Ἰ]ω(άννης) ἐλέῳ Θ(εο)ῦ μ(ητ)ροπολίτ(ης) Μελιτ(η)νῆς
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.291 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 25.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 68.8a. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 434. Another specimen is published in Seyrig, no. 258. |
Translation
Ἰωάννης ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ μητροπολίτης Μελιτηνῆς.
John, metropolitan of Melitene, by the grace of God.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- L’organisation de la frontière orientale de Byzance aux Xe-XIe siècles et Le Taktikon de l’Escorial (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
- Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey (Open in Zotero)
- Crown Lands and the Defence of Imperial Authority in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Monodies inédites de Michel Psellos (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1958.106.336 come from the same boulloterion.