Seal of Nicholas, monk (?)show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-ARImWB

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Slightly nicked at the channel holes; pressed and obliterated in several places on both sides; well centred but too weakly engraved.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Nicholas
    Milieu: Monastic
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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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 486
    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. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Nicolas de face, en buste, indistinct mais probablement dans son attitude habituelle; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Avant la légende, sur une même ligne, une croisette
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[(ὁ ἃγιος) Ν]ι bκόλαο(ς)
    rev
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει)
    2τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    3Νικ[ο]λ[ά(ῳ)]
    4μ(ονα)χ(ῷ)(?) τ[ῷ..]
    5[.....]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Νικόλαος. / +Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ μοναχῷ τῷ.......

    Saint Nicholas. / Lord help your servnant Nicholas the monk.......

    References

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    Unpublished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