Seal of the convent of the Latins in Andrinopleshow 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. 16
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné fortement sur le pourtour, surtout à droite; échancrure au sommet du canal qui a emporté la première ligne de la légende; nettement gravé.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last third- 12th C., first third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer

    Milieu: Monastic
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Antioch/Antakya
    Find place
    Berytos (Beirut)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 164
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de la Vierge, orante, portant sur la poitrine le médaillon de l’Enfant. Sigle.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜ(ήτη)ρ bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1<Ἡ Θ(εοτό)κ(ο)ς Ἀ>-
    2<δ>ριανουπ<ό>-
    3<λ>εος μονῆ<ς>
    4<τ>ῶν Λατή-
    5νον

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Ἡ Θεοτόκος Ἀδριανουπόλεος μονῆς τῶν Λατήνον.

    Mother of God. O Theotokos, convent of the Latins in Andrinople.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 283 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Laurent, Corpus, 5.2, 1559 .
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes