Seal of John, archbishop of Cyprus.show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-1yLePO

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné, usé; échancré aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Onomastics, Parallel
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    John
    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 959
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint (Barnabé ?) nimbé et barbu.
    Decoration
    Couronne d’épais feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram comprising the name and title and, in the cantons, the name of the seat.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne d’épais feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1(Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου) Κύπρου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κύπρου.

    John, archbishop of Cyprus.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 242a Gunther 11, ANS Newell 35, British Muséum CLXXX, 69.
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C.; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Zacos, 1, 1302b, Laurent, Corpus, 5.2, 1480, DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1951.31.5.688, DO Seals, 2, 38.12., Collection Seyrig (Paris), 964: Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 242b = SigiDoc IDXXXX.
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes