Seal of N. Libellisios, krites of the velum, and epi tou kanikleiouhide empty fieldsshow empty fields

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Artifact

Type

Seal

Matrix

SigiDoc ID: m-VKpbDH

Physical description

Medium

Original impression.

Material

Lead

Shape

Round

Dimensions (mm)

Diam. 27

Weight (g)

9.6

Channel orientation (clock)

1-6

Axis (clock)

―

Overstrike orientation (clock)

―

Execution

Struck

Countermark

―

Condition

Thin crack at the upper end of the channel, partially effaced on the obverse.

Dating

Date

11th c., second half.

Internal date

―

Dating criteria

Epigraphy

Alternative date

―

History

Category

Central administration.

Issuer

N. Libellisios(PBW: Ioannes 20154)
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male

Place of origin

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Modern location

Cologne (Germany )

Institution and repository

―

Collection and inventory

Robert Feind Collection SB-111

Acquisition

―

Previous locations

―

Modern observations

―

Obverse

Language(s)

Layout of field

Iconography

Field dimensions (mm)

―

Matrix

―

Iconography

A saint standing (probably St Nicholas), offering a blessing with his right hand, and holding the book in his left. Details indistinct.

Decoration

Border of dots.

Epigraphy

―

Reverse

Language(s)

Greek

Layout of field

Linear legend of 5 lines.

Field dimensions (mm)

―

Matrix

―

Iconography

―

Decoration

Above the legend, the decoration consists of a star between two dashes; below the legend, traces of a decoration. Border of dots.

Epigraphy

―

Images

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Legend and translation

… κριτοῦ τοῦ βήλου καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ κανικλείου τοῦ Λιβελλησίου.

(Seal of) N. Libellesios, krites of the Velum, and epi tou kanikleiou.

References

Edition(s)

Unpublished

Parallel(s)

On following seals, only the reverse is parallel to ours:
(1) DO BZS.1951.31.5.1214 (Fogg Collection, no. 1214) – Laurent, Corpus, 2, no. 221 ; DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1951.31.5.1214 ;
(2) Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, M-8047 – Lihačev, 1991, p. 114, no. 8, table LXIV, no.8 ;
(3) Budapest, Hungarian National Museum, no. 2A/1996 – Chotzakoglou, 1999, p. 65, no. .

Further references

No further references

Commentary

It is likely that the first name of the issuer was inscribed on the obverse. While it has not survived, it can be reconstructed as Ioannes thanks to another seal type whose reverse is parallel to ours. It is unfortunate that the inscription on the obverse of the seal has not survived, as it could have provided important information concerning the motives behind Ioannes Libellesios' selection of matrices.