Seal of Convent of Mount of Olives Ascension Monasteryshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-japcAs

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 38
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Deeply indented at the orifices of the channel oriented on the axis 10h-14h; pressed and crushed at the perimeter.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Convent of
    Milieu: Monastic
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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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 1971-484
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 31
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Le Christ à mi-corps, avec le nimbe crucigère, bénissant de la main droite placée devant la poitrine et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle
    Decoration
    Légende entre deux cercles de grènetis
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 31
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Tête d’un personnage aux cheveux courts et tonsurés, vue de face. Légende entre deux cercles de grènetis; avant la légende une croisette
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΊ(ησοῦ)ς bΧ(ριστό)ς c[Si]gil(lum) Ascensionis D(omi)ni
    rev
    d+prior .... olivet ....

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ίησοῦς Χριστός. Sigillum Ascensionis Domini. / +Prior ... Olivet

    Jesus Christ defeats. Seal of Lord's Ascension. / Superior... Olivet

    References

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    Unpublished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