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Ί(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς [Si]gil(lum) Ascensionis D(omi)ni
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+prior .... olivet ....
SigiDoc ID: s-J0raQ4
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
- ―
- 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 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
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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- Unpublished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