Seal of John, magistrosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-dhYY04

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Heavily effaced and obliterated in the lower part; struck off-center towards the top on the reverse; corroded.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second third
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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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 461
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Virgin of the type Nikopoios, half-length, with the Child in front of her chest. Sigla.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; cross at the beginning of the legend; below the legend, on a separate line, a cross with dots in the corners.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 37 (Inv. 461), obverse.
    Seyrig 37 (Inv. 461), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[Μ(ήτη)ρ] bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1[+]Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού-
    3λῳ Ἰω(άννῃ) μ[α-]
    4γήστ[ρῳ]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a.. bΘ̅Υ̅
    rev
    1.θκε,θ,
    2τσδ
    3λΙ̅μ̣.
    4γηστ..
    5  

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μαγίστρῳ.

    Mother of God. Mother of God aid your servant John, magistros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 37.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes