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

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-VPACY7

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné; ébréché et entaillé aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., end-8th C., first third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Onomastics, Parallel
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Epiphanios
    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 627
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Invocative monogram, of the type Zacos XLI (very rare: instead of the usual ), framed by the usual tetrasyllable.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Monogram comprising the name and title and in the cantons the name of the seat.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    obv
    2 (Ἐπιφανίου) vel (Ἐπιφανίῳ) (ἀρχιεπισκόπου) vel (ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ) Κύπρου

    Diplomatic

    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἐπιφανίου vel Ἐπιφανίῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπου vel ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Κύπρου.

    Epiphanios, archbishop of Cyprus.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 243, PmbZ Online, 1543/corr. (Epiphanios).
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references

    Footnotes