Seal of Renaud, bishop of Hebronshow 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 à 33
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Trimmed, deeply indented at the orifices of the canal.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Renaud, bishop
    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 761
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de face de l’évêque mitré, bénissant de la main droite étendue, tenant en main gauche sa crosse
    Decoration
    Légende commençant à 12 h entre deux filets; avant la légend une croisette
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Têtes des trois patriarches dans une nacelle en forme de croissant figurant les flots de la mer (?); au-dessus personnage nimbé (?); légende commençant à 12 h entre deux filets; avant la légend une croisette
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a+Rainaldus Ebronensis ep(iscopu)s
    rev
    b+Abraham Isaac et Jacob

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    +Rainaldus Ebronensis episcopus. / +Abraham Isaac et Jacob.

    Reynaud, bishop of Hebron. / Abraham Isaac and Jacob.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes