Seal of Nikephoros Batatzes, magistros, vestes, and doux of all the West (XI c.)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.5.1300
Title: Seal of Nikephoros Batatzes, magistros, vestes, and doux of all the West (XI c.)
Classification: Seals
Work Type: seal
Date: XI c.
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Eastern Europe
Period: Byzantine period
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/73200

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Lead
Metal: Pb
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 15.21 g

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOSeals 1, 1.21 (b)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.5.1300
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

John A. Cotsonis, The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals II: Studies on Images of the Saints and on Personal Piety, Routledge (Abington, Oxon, 2020), pp. xii, 125-126, fig. 3.14

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