Seal of Giraud, abbot of Iosaphatshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-dlucUX

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 42
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the canal openings; slightly oxidized.

    Dating

    Date
    1138
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Giraud, abbot
    Milieu: Monastic
    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 733
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 37
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Abbé mitré, debout, tenant en main gauche une crosse et bénissant la main droite étendue
    Decoration
    Légende commençant à 1 h entre deux filets; avant la légende une croisette
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 37
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Édicule percé d’une porte centrale et surmonté d’une couple divisée en trois segments, représentant le tombeau de la Vierge. Dans le champ en haut, représentations indistinctes; légende entre deux filets; avant la légende une croisette
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a+S(igilum) Giroldi abbatis de Josaphat
    rev
    b+Sepulcrum beat(a)e Mari(a)e

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    +Sigilum Giroldi abbatis de Josaphat. / +Sepulcrum beatae Mariae.

    Seal of Giraud, abbot of Iosaphat. / Tomb of blessed Mary.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes