SigiDoc: Seal of the clerks of the Holy Sepulchre

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 28
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Execution: Struck
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Condition: Légèrement échancré aux orifices du canal ; boursouflé et pressé le long du canal, grandes lettres assez grossières.

Category: Ecclesiastical seals
Issuer: 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 559
Acquisition: Donation by Henri Seyrig
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Language(s): *untranslated*
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 26
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Scène l’Anastasis : le Christ saisissant de sa main droite un personnage, qui doit figurer Adam ; à gauche Ève debout, tandis qu’à sa droite, deux autres personnages (David et Salomon ?) paraissent émerger d’un tombeau.
Decoration: Bordure.
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Language(s): ―
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 26
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Iconography: ―
Decoration: Bordure. Légende précédée d’une croisette et suivie de deux perles.
Epigraphy: ―

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^aἩ Ἀνά ^bστα(σις).

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1Οἱ κλ(η)ρ(ι)-
2κ(οὶ) τοῦ ἁγίου
3κ(αὶ) ζ[(ω)ο]δό-
4χου Τάφου

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Ἡ Ἀνάστασις. / Οἱ κληρικοὶ τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ζωοδόχου Τάφου.

The Resurrection. The clerks of the Saint and Sacred Sepulcher.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 253 Laurent, Corpus, 5.2, 1567 (cet ex.) .
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references