Seal of Theodoros Tzanzes, synkellos and metropolitan of Herakleiashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Rogné sur le pourtour; fortement pressé et oblitéré au revers à gauche.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., third quarter
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Theodoros Tzanzes
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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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 291
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste de la Vierge, esquissant des deux mains tenues devant la poitrine le geste de Forante. Le nimbe est de dimension insolite. Sigle.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 7 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende terminée par des croisettes cantonnées de perles et une perle accostée de deux tirets; elle est disposée sur sept lignes dont la première est oblitérée.
    Epigraphy
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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜ(ήτη)ρ b[Θ(εο)ῦ]
    rev
    1Θ(εοτό)κε <β(οή)θ(ει)>
    2[Θ]εοδώ-
    3[ρ]ῳ συγκέ-
    4[λ(λῳ)] (καὶ) μ(ητ)ροπο-
    5[λ(ί)]τ(ῃ) Ἡρακλεί-
    6[ας] τῷ Τζάν-
    7ζῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ συγκέλλῳ καὶ μητροπολίτῃ Ἡρακλείας τῷ Τζάνζῃ.

    Mother of God. Theotokos help Theodoros Tzanzes, synkellos and metropolitan of Herakleia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 250 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. Laurent, Corpus, 5.1, 306, DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.436, DO Seals, 1, 53.8., PBW 2016, Theodoros 20114 .
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes