Andrew deacon of Pergamos (seventh century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type I). Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
+ν
ρει
κπεργ
μου
Ἀνδρέου διακό(νου) Περγάμου
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type I). Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
+ν
ρει
κπεργ
μου
Ἀνδρέου διακό(νου) Περγάμου
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5122 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 28.2. Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1697; Zacos-Veglery, no. 1407. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἀνδρέου διακόνου Περγάμου.
Mother of God, give Thy help. (Seal of) Andrew, deacon of Pergamos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les évêchés suffragants d’Ephèse aux 5e-13e siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Pergamos (modern Bergama) appears as a suffragan bishopric of Ephesos in the notitiae starting with the seventh century, while its first known bishop is attested in 343. In the early thirteenth century it was elevated to the rank of archbishopric and by the mid-thirteenth to metropolis, only to return to the rank of suffragan bishopric in the late fourteenth. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 201; Culerrier, Suffragants d'Ephèse, 158 (episcopal list); Brandes, Städte, 110-11; ODB III, 1628.