1951.31.5.707: Seal of Romanos metropolitan of Kyzikos and synkellos (XI c.)
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.5.707
- Title
- Seal of Romanos metropolitan of Kyzikos and synkellos (XI c.)
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- 11th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kyzikos (Mysia)
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/74128
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- lead
- Metal
- Pb
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 19.21 g
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOSeals 3, 53.8
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.5.707
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: The Virgin seated on a high-backed throne nursing ther Child.
Rev.; Inscription on seven lines
Publication History
- John A. Cotsonis, The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals I: Studies on the Image of Christ, the Virgin and Narrative Scenes, Routledge (Abington, Oxon, 2020), pp. xvi, 183-184, fig. 8.1
- 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. xiii, 222-223, fig. 7.3
Verification Level
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