Epiphanios monk, bishop of Paphos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Epiphanios; details indistinct. Part of an inscription visible: |ΕΠ|Η: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἐπη[φάν(ιος)]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
ΕΠΙΦ.
.ΑΧΕ
..ΚΟΠ,
.ΦΟΥ
Ἐπιφ[αν(ί)ο]υ (μον)αχ(οῦ), ἐ[π(ι)σ]κόπ(ου) [Πά]φου
Obverse
Bust of St. Epiphanios; details indistinct. Part of an inscription visible: |ΕΠ|Η: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἐπη[φάν(ιος)]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
ΕΠΙΦ.
.ΑΧΕ
..ΚΟΠ,
.ΦΟΥ
Ἐπιφ[αν(ί)ο]υ (μον)αχ(οῦ), ἐ[π(ι)σ]κόπ(ου) [Πά]φου
| Accession number | BZS.1977.34.61 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 39.3. |
Translation
Ἐπιφανίου μοναχοῦ, ἐπισκόπου Πάφου.
(Seal of) the monk Epiphanios, bishop of Paphos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Textes synodaux chypriotes (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Paphos (modern Nea Paphos), an ancient city and bishopric (attested in 325). The region may have been occupied by the Arabs from the 7th century to 965. Our seals show that the city did not wait for the 12th century to flourish in a Byzantine milieu but instead quickly became a place of concentration of agricultural produce and the seat of bishop. See Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 3, line 165; no. 10, line 764; Laurent, Corpus V/2, 314-15; J. Darrouzès, "Textes synodaux chypriotes, REB 37 (1979) 23-30; Malamut, Iles, passim, esp. 253-55.