Seal of Michael, synkellosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-cc4wea

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Décentré vers le sommet ; échancré aux orifices du canal ; bien frappé.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., to 1060- to 1090
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Onomastics, Historical context
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Michael
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 287
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de la Vierge Nikopoios, nimbée de perles, tenant des deux mains le médaillon de l’Enfant (médaillon de grande taille).
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende surmontée d’une croisette entre deux tirets et suivie d’une perle accostée de deux tirets. Deux étoiles dans des cercles accostent la troisième ligne.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Σύγκελλον Ἁγνή
    rev
    2Μιχαὴλ
    3θύτην
    4σκέ-
    5ποις

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    + Σύγκελλον Ἁγνή / Μιχαὴλ θύτην σκέποις.

    Pure Maiden, may you protect Michael synkellos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes