Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the OrientThe combined Dumbarton Oaks and Fogg collection of Byzantine seals is one of the largest in the world, containing 17,000 specimens. Volume 3 in the catalogue includes seals with place names from west, northwest, and central Asia Minor and the Orient. Each section begins with a short essay on the region's history. Each seal is illustrated and is accompanied--where appropriate--by full commentary regarding the specimen's date, biographical information on its owner, peculiarities of orthography, and special features of iconography. These seals contribute significantly to historical geography, the evolution of the Byzantine imperial administration, development in the Greek language, and decorative vogues. |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
Adramyttion | 23 |
Erythra | 34 |
Chapter II | 55 |
51 | 112 |
Opposite Constantinople | 117 |
87 | 161 |
Apameia of Pisidia | 171 |
100 | 178 |
Index of Proper Names and Terms | 186 |
| 228 | |
List of Seals Published | 235 |
Common terms and phrases
Abydos Ahrweiler Amorion Anatolikoi Anatolikoi XI attested bishop Blank too small Border of dots border visible boulloterion Bust of St Byzantine chartoularios circular inscription Constantine Constantine XI Corpus V/1 Corroded Cruciform invocative monogram Darrouzès dioiketes domestikos Ephesos Fogg four lines Gregory higoumenos Hippodrome horreiarios hypatos imperial protospatharios Indeterminate border Inscription of five Inscription of four Inscription of six invocative monogram type IX/X IXth century John judge komes komm kommerkiarios Kyzikos Laurent Meligalas metr metropolitan Michael monastery monk MP-OV Nicaea Nicholas Nikephoros Niketas Nikomedeia notitiae obverse Optimatoi paraphylax of Abydos Patriarchal cross patrikios pellets Phrygia present seal protonot protosp protospatharios Proussa quarters Sigla six lines spatharokandidatos strategos Stratonikeia suffragan Thrakesioi XI Thrakesion Unpublished VII/VIII VIII/IX VIIIth visible border Wreath border X/XI XI/XII Zacos Zacos-Veglery βασιλικῷ βοήθει τῷ σῷ Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ καὶ Κύριε βοήθει τῷ πρωτο)σπαθαρίῳ τῆς τοῦ τῷ σῷ δούλῳ τῶν