Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel mit Familiennamen aus der Sammlung des numismatischen Museums Athen / von Christos Stavrakos

• VerfasserIn: Stavrakos, Christos
• Place / Publishing House: Wien, 1990
• Ano de Publicação: 1990
• Idioma: German
• Descrição Física: 405 Bl.; 30 cm
• Resumo: eng: In Byzantium metal seals were made exclusively in lead, silver and gold. Byzantine lead seals have survived in very large numbers: 17000 specimens are preserved at Dumbarton Oaks, about 13000 in the Ermitage Museum of Leningrad, while thousands more are found in the majors Museums of Europe (Athens Numismatic Museum, Vienna, Paris, Istanbul a.o.) And finally there are a few major private collections; the most important is that of the late George Zacos, in Basel, including several thousand well-chosen specimens. The primary function of the seal was to guarantee that the letter could not be opened surreptitiously. The second purpose of seals was to convey legal authority to a document. A seal could also be used in lieu of a counter signature. A special category of byzantine lead seals, produced mainly in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries bears family names. Many of them are provided with religious iconography; there are several with metrical inscriptions; not seldom the inscription covers both sides of the seal. The seals with family names are very important for the byzantine Genealogy and Prosopography. They reflect the administrative and social conditions prevailing in Byzantium. Others with geographical names are interesting for the Historical Geography. In the byzantine lead seals from the Athens Numismatic Museum, published already by K. Konstantopoulos before the 1st World War, there is a special category, which shows family names. The purpose of this work was to compose a new catalogue of the byzantine lead seals with family names from the Numismatic Museum of Athens according to the modern methods and standards of the Sigillography.
• ac_no: AC00144547
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: von Christos Stavrakos

eng: In Byzantium metal seals were made exclusively in lead, silver and gold. Byzantine lead seals have survived in very large numbers: 17000 specimens are preserved at Dumbarton Oaks, about 13000 in the Ermitage Museum of Leningrad, while thousands more are found in the majors Museums of Europe (A...