Seal of Manuel Philokales, proedrosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-4Fv8WS - PBW ID: boulloterion 459

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Chipped at the channel openings; effaced and partially obliterated on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    1070-1080
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Parallel, Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Manuel Philokales(PBW: Manuel 104)
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
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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 323
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 14
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    The Virgin Hodegetria, half-length, holding the Child at her left side; sigla on either side of the image.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 14
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; above the legend, on a separate line, a cross between two decorative lines.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 52 (Inv. 323), obverse.
    Seyrig 52 (Inv. 323), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜ(ήτη)ρ bΘ(εοῦ)
    rev
    1Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Μανουὴλ
    3προέδροͅ
    4τῷ Φιλο-
    5κάλῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a bθ
    rev
      
    1θκεθ,
    2μανηλ
    3πρ̣οεδρο
    4τιλο̣
    5κ̣αλη

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Μανουὴλ προέδροͅ τῷ Φιλοκάλῃ.

    Mother of God. Mother of God aid Manuel Philokales proedros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 52.
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., BZS.1947.2.1245, BZS.1951.31.5.1022, BZS.1955.1.3251 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1947.2.1245 (Shaw 1245), BZS.1951.31.5.1022, BZS.1955.1.3251.
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes