Michael bishop of Eudokias (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with her hands before her. On either side, the sigla with tongues of fire. ΘΥ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+Θ̅Κ̅Ε̅
,ΘΜΙΧΑˊ
ΕΠˊΣΚΟΠˊ
ΕΥΔΟΚΙ
ΑΔˊ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπῳ Εὐδοκιάδος
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with her hands before her. On either side, the sigla with tongues of fire. ΘΥ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+Θ̅Κ̅Ε̅
,ΘΜΙΧΑˊ
ΕΠˊΣΚΟΠˊ
ΕΥΔΟΚΙ
ΑΔˊ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπῳ Εὐδοκιάδος
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5439 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 25.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 104.1. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπῳ Εὐδοκιάδος.
Mother of God, help Michael, bishop of Eudokias.
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)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
- Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Three bishoprics in Asia Minor are known by the name Eudokias: (a) a suffragan of Ikonion in Lykaonia, identified with Çesmelisebil, 85 km to the north of Konya, a place that was the seat of a regiment of the theme of the Anatolikoi and was transferred to the theme of Kappodokia in the early 10th century (De Adm. Imp., chap. 50, line 97; Galatien und Lykaonien, 166); (b) a suffragan of Myra in Lykia, probably identical to the ancient Pyrrha (in the neighborhood of modern Kalkan, opposite to Kastellorizo); it was also called Ioustinianoupolis, and is attested only once, in 518; and (c) a suffragan of Perge in Pamphylia, which is identified with modern Karpinarköy, and is attested several times between 325 and 787. See DHGE 15 (1963) 1335, 1335-36.
It is probably that both this seal and BZS.1951.31.5.2063 come from the same Eudokias, as they both display the same type of Virgin.