Seal of Aymar the Monk, Patriarch of Jerusalemshow 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. 37
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Slightly trimmed; small indentation at the lower orifice of the canal.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Aymar the
    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 734
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 34
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Type habituel de l’Anastasis: le Christ allant à droite, la tête tournée vers la gauche, tenant en main gauche une croix patriarcale et tirant de la main droite Adam hors des limbes. Au-dessus d’Adam, Ève. À droite les bustes des rois David et Salomon; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, épigraphe en colonne
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 37
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une croisette accostée de deux etoiles; un losange de perles précède le début de la dernière ligne
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ἡ Ἀ νάστασις
    rev
    1Monachus
    2S(an)c(ta)e Resurrec-
    3tionis Eccle-
    4si(a)e patriar-
    5cha

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἡ Ἀνάστασις. / Monachus Sanctae Resurrectionis Ecclesiae patriarcha.

    The Resurrection. / The monk, patriarch of the church of the Holy Resurrection.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes