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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.62
Title
Seal of the Protoproedros of the Dikaspoloi
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
Date
11th century
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195164

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lead
Metal
Pb
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
unspecified: 27.96 g

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.62
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: In a border of dots, the Deisis, in center the Virgin, orans, standing facing, the medallion of Christ Child on her breast, to left an unidentified saint, to right Saint Nicholas, both standing, their hands raised in supplication towards the Virgin.
Greek inscription (Mother of God); vertical, on either side of figure at right, (Saint Nicholas)
Rev.: Greek metrical inscription in eight lines, (I, the first proedros of judres, place you [Virgin, saints depicted] as guards of all that has been written [court documents sealed with this])

Publication History

  • George Zacos, Byzantine Lead Seals, vol 2, Revue Numismatique, ed. John W. Nesbitt (1984), p. 269-270, 330, cat. 687, pl.68
  • Spink Auction 127: Byzantine Seals from the Collection of of George Zacos, Part 1., auct. cat., Spink & Son Ltd. (London, England, October 7, 1998), 39, cat. 74
  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 126/figs. 55a, 55b

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003

Verification Level

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