Harvard Art Museums > 1999.62: Seal of the Protoproedros of the Dikaspoloi Seals Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Seal of the Protoproedros of the Dikaspoloi , 1999.62,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/195164. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
