Seal of John, patriarch of Jerusalemshow 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. 31
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fortement échancré au sommet du canal, qui a fissuré le revers; l’avers est largement effacé.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C.
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Tyr /Ṣūr
    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 678
    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
    Scène de l’Anastasis. Au centre, le Christ debout tenant une croix patriarcale en main gauche et saisissant de sa main droite Adam. Les trois autres personnages sortant des tombeaux sont vraisemblablement les mêmes que sur le sceau précédent.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a<Ἡ> Ἀνά bστα(σις).
    rev
    1+ Ἰω(άννης)
    2ἐλέῳ Θ(εο)ῦ
    3π(ατ)ριάρχης
    4Ἱεροσολύ-
    5μων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἡ Ἀνάστασις. / + Ἰωάννης ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων.

    The Resurrection. John by the grace of God patriarch of Jerusalem.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 252 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Zacos, 2 60 (cet ex. ill), Laurent, Corpus, 5.2 1561, PBW 2016, Ioannes 20168 , Istanbul 139.
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes