Seal of Raoul, patriarch of Antiochshow 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. 33
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Trimmed around the edges; slight indentation at the channel openings; letters and effigies partly obliterated.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C., second quarter
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Raoul
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Tyre (Ṣūr)
    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 744
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de l’évêque mitré, bénissant de la main droite étendue, tenant en main gauche une croix
    Decoration
    Légende entre deux filets commençant à 12 h; avant la légende une croisette
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Buste de l’évêque mitré, bénissant de la main droite étendue, tenant en main gauche une croix; légende entre deux cercles de grènetis commençant à 12 h; avant la légende une croisette
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a+Sanctus [Petrus apostolus]
    rev
    b+Radulfus [patriarchu]s Antiochen(sis)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    +Sanctus Petrus apostolus. / +Radulfus patriarchus Antiochensis.

    Saint apostle Peter. / Raoul, patriarch of Antioch.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes